You could take a regular nest box, raise the front just a little and put a small opening in the back end for the eggs to roll out into a tray. The guy at Mesa Feed Barn is building nest boxes. I bet if you give him a picture, he could build you some. He built my coop and did it to my specs, did a nice job.
You can also take away all nest boxes and bedding for a week, forcing them to lay on the ground in the bottom of the coop. No way to roll the egg up into the corner of a nest box, no way to break it, if its a strong shell. They have to get it into a corner to gain purchase. Once he learns that the egg laying "call" doesn't mean free food anymore, he will probably give it up and you can go back to nest boxes, preferably with dark curtains.
I've not ever had this problem but this is what I've read to do. I'm surprised, with all the different types of fowl I've had and as little commercial feed that I used to feed that I've never had egg eaters. I even feed the eggshells back to the flock, not being very careful about crushing them.
You can also take away all nest boxes and bedding for a week, forcing them to lay on the ground in the bottom of the coop. No way to roll the egg up into the corner of a nest box, no way to break it, if its a strong shell. They have to get it into a corner to gain purchase. Once he learns that the egg laying "call" doesn't mean free food anymore, he will probably give it up and you can go back to nest boxes, preferably with dark curtains.
I've not ever had this problem but this is what I've read to do. I'm surprised, with all the different types of fowl I've had and as little commercial feed that I used to feed that I've never had egg eaters. I even feed the eggshells back to the flock, not being very careful about crushing them.
