Egg pecking/Eating

[PeterB94]

Hi all.

I have had a bird in quarantine due to an small wound she had. Whilst she has been isolated I believe she may have got into the habit of pecking/eating her eggs.

It is shortly coming up to the time in the UK where we have the shortest daylight. When the hens stop laying for a brief period, will this cure the egg pecking as there is non to peck or will she remember ?
I have some ceramic eggs to ready just in case however I cannot collect the eggs until after work which is around 6pmso she'll have all day to go at them.

I'm also hesitant to release her from isolation as I have heard that the behavior is easily spread to others.

Really interested to know the thoughts of some of you experience chicken keepers

Thank you

 

[nuthatched]

Try blowing out some eggs and filling them with yellow dish soap, if she pecks one to eat shell get a bitter reward and will soon stop after a few eggs.

 

[UncleDougsChickens]

i also have a bit of an egg eater situation. making sure the nest box is full of hay helps but im considering a roll away system where the nest floor is slightly slanted and the egg rolls to a protected area like below

https://a.co/d/8KCXi5s

edit: if you dont wanna go with the roll away system I bought these: https://a.co/d/5jD1C27 to act as a cousin below the hay and it helps prevent egg breakage and helps keep them from kicking they hay out. Only problem is they can (do) get dirty and are a pita to clean out.