Confidentially, I never loved you anyway...

[Zonoma]

Had to cull my first hen today. I should've known that any hen that earned the name "Tarkin" (as in the bad guy from Star Wars) would be bad news. I caught her eating eggs. Hopefully, no one else caught on. I stuck extra golf balls in the nest boxes to discourage 'tasting' for a while. Just in case.

As imperative as it was to cull her, I couldn't do it myself. I had a friend come take her home for dinner.

Rest in spices, Tarkin.

 

[CMV]

You gotta do what you gotta do. I had some egg eating going on in my flock. It broke my heart when I figured out that the 2 culprits were my favorite old ladies. That didn't earn them a reprieve, though. Egg eating cannot be tolerated.

Good luck.

 

[Zonoma]

I was fortunate not to be overly attached to this one. It still sucked, though.

 

[theoldchick]

I don't like egg-eaters either.

 

[hennyannie]

I hate it when you can't fix the problem, and egg eating is in most cases is one of those problems.
I agree you did the right thing, now you can enjoy the flock without worrying about the others.