Chicken eating eggs

[Omle]

thank you so much for your help everyone so far I've tried using gulf balls but I can never seem to put them in her nest box quick enough. So I'll try putting dish soap in her eggs and see how that works. Again thank you so much for all your great advice.

 

[chickkrzi]

You might just put the golf balls in your nesting boxes and leave them there. Might also try getting ceramic or plastic easter eggs and leaving them in the nest. If she's unable to break them open she might just give up on it all together. Or learn she can only eat the eggs she lays. Not sure if the color of the egg will make a difference or not maybe someone else could chime in on that.

 

[justplainbatty]

You might just put the golf balls in your nesting boxes and leave them there. Might also try getting ceramic or plastic easter eggs and leaving them in the nest. If she's unable to break them open she might just give up on it all together. Or learn she can only eat the eggs she lays. Not sure if the color of the egg will make a difference or not maybe someone else could chime in on that.

Good idea but I would choose colors closest to eggs. Chickens have fantastic color vision so they will spot plastic eggs as fake right away!

 

[Charity123]

Hello,
Were you able to stop your chicken from the egg eating? I believe I've got the same problem...but I have multiples I dont want to put them down either...

 

[Omle]

Hi!

Yes I was able to stop her from eating her eggs! I just put golf balls in all of her nest boxes and she finally got it! Anyway I really hope this works for you. Good luck!

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Hi!

Yes I was able to stop her from eating her eggs! I just put golf balls in all of her nest boxes and she finally got it! Anyway I really hope this works for you. Good luck!

Good!!

 

[outbackfarmer48]

I just switched my 20 week pullets over to pellet feed instead of crumbles. They don't eat the pellets as well. Now one of them is starting to eat her own egg. Is it because she's hungry? What can I do for this?

 

[aart]

I just switched my 20 week pullets over to pellet feed instead of crumbles. They don't eat the pellets as well. Now one of them is starting to eat her own egg. Is it because she's hungry? What can I do for this?

Throw the pellets in the blender or food processor to break them up a bit.
Put a mix of whole pellets and broken ones in feeder until they get used to the new pellet shape.

Why she is eating her eggs could be caused by several issues....one of which could be lack of food and/or a lower protein formula.
Did she eat a hard shelled egg, or was it a thin or soft shelled?
Soft and/or thin shells are not unusaul for new layers , they break easy and are fair game for eating.
Best to keep watch and collect eggs often if possible tho.

 

[outbackfarmer48]

I've never had chickens or farm fresh eggs before, but their shells seem adequately thick to me. They are thicker than what I've purchased at the store. She's pecked two of the eggs and wasn't able to get through the shell. However, this morning when I came out to the coop to let them out for the day, I found an egg had been obliterated. That was the only one she's broken through.
I will try to blend their food. Thanks for the suggestion!

Throw the pellets in the blender or food processor to break them up a bit.
Put a mix of whole pellets and broken ones in feeder until they get used to the new pellet shape.

Why she is eating her eggs could be caused by several issues....one of which could be lack of food and/or a lower protein formula.
Did she eat a hard shelled egg, or was it a thin or soft shelled?
Soft and/or thin shells are not unusaul for new layers , they break easy and are fair game for eating.

Best to keep watch and collect eggs often if possible tho.

 

[aart]

I've never had chickens or farm fresh eggs before, but their shells seem adequately thick to me. They are thicker than what I've purchased at the store. She's pecked two of the eggs and wasn't able to get through the shell. However, this morning when I came out to the coop to let them out for the day, I found an egg had been obliterated. That was the only one she's broken through.
I will try to blend their food. Thanks for the suggestion!

Quote: Was that shell thick or thin?