Are Orpingtons more likely to eat their eggs?

[YankeeRider]

At the feed store this morning, the owner told me he didn't like Buff Orpingtons because in his experience, they were too prone to eating their eggs. A customer who was standing next to us agreed with him.

Does your experience suggest that B.O.'s are more likely to eat their eggs than other breeds?

Jerry

 

[speckledhen]

I think that's baloney. I have had about seven or eight Orpington hens (blues and buffs) and they have never been egg-eaters. It's not a breed thing, it's a nutrition thing or a habit thing.

 

[Cara]

My worst offenders have always been Easter Eggers. The Orpington problem may be feed related; they eat more than other breeds, maybe those two guys underfed theirs?

 

[Pine Acres Peeps]

I have many buff o's and they do not eat the eggs they give me. Maybe it's like everyone's posting, bad nutrition.

 

[Dirt Road]

Quote:
Exactly!!
Maybe housing.

Jim

 

[YankeeRider]

Thanks for the replies, everyone. I was pretty sure that, if there was any truth to it, I would have read it here!

Jerry

 

[EweSheep]

Mine never did!

Leghorns I had ate their eggs BAD! Got rid of them as well!

 

[NancyDz]

Well I will say I only have one Buff Orp and I got her a year later than the other chickens with her and since I got her, eggs are getting eaten. Before that I never had that. She had a hard time integrating.. maybe it's a nervous thing? I'm real quick about getting the eggs now though!

 

[americana-chick]

Mine never ate there eggs and this is what i have:
BOs
black sexlinks
rhode island reds
new hampshire reds
silkies
barred rocks
EEs
porcelain d'uccle bantams
and a few mutts..
i have never had a problem with it. so i think that is not true.

 

[rdranch]

Of all the different chickens we've had the BO's were always the most broody and most protective of all the eggs in the nest boxes.