Egg Eater

[MadisonOde]

Hey all,
We recently bought a new bird and she apparently has an egg eating problem. It has spread to one or two of my other hens to the point where they just lay it and turn around and eat it. I go out to the coop multiple times a day to try and collect. We have two wooden eggs out there, and we've also tried dish soap eggs. I have seven hens, 4 of them are bantams and 3 are large fowl. They all get along pretty well. The 3 large fowl hens are the offenders, I do not believe any of the bantams are eating eggs. They have an 8x4 coop and a 16x8 run, along with another run that gets moved along the grass. They also have extra calcium and they always have food and water available. Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[chickenlittle21]

Put them in a cage and put a egg with a hole filled with mustard in with them, that should stop them from eating eggs because they wont like the mustard. If you don't know who exactly are eating the eggs put the egg with mustard on the ground.

 

[rosemarythyme]

You could try roll away nest boxes, or load up a lot of fakes in the boxes to try and frustrate them into not breaking them.

 

[aart]

We recently bought a new bird and she apparently has an egg eating problem.

How recently?
How old are all the birds?
Adding a single bird can be very stressful.

 

[MadisonOde]

How recently?
How old are all the birds?
Adding a single bird can be very stressful.

Maybe two months ago. We added her with two other birds and they all are doing fine. Everyone's about a year and a half old.