Eggy McThief!

[Ridgerunner]

As HollowOfWisps said, many chickens will eat eggs that are already broken. To me an egg eater is one that purposely breaks eggs to eat them. You have one of those so you have a problem.

My solution to that problem is to eat the one that is opening the eggs before she can teach the others to open eggs. Right now you have an individual hen problem. I'd want to stop that immediately before it becomes a flock wide problem and you have to replace your entire flock.

You can try the tricks others have mentioned, they might work. They might not. To me the flock is a group of chickens that can have replaceable parts. I try to solve for the benefit of the entire flock, not just one individual.

Good luck on however you proceed. To me having an actual egg eater is a real bummer.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

You can take a mostly intact egg shell and then fill it with soapy water.
Some have suggested a yellow colored dish soap so it looks eggy.

That has worked for me. I always have fake ceramic eggs in some of the layer boxes. I'm sure they know they aren't real eggs.

This is an interesting solution. How do you keep the soapy water in the shell?

 

[Gigi_lg]

As HollowOfWisps said, many chickens will eat eggs that are already broken. To me an egg eater is one that purposely breaks eggs to eat them. You have one of those so you have a problem.

My solution to that problem is to eat the one that is opening the eggs before she can teach the others to open eggs. Right now you have an individual hen problem. I'd want to stop that immediately before it becomes a flock wide problem and you have to replace your entire flock.

You can try the tricks others have mentioned, they might work. They might not. To me the flock is a group of chickens that can have replaceable parts. I try to solve for the benefit of the entire flock, not just one individual.

Good luck on however you proceed. To me having an actual egg eater is a real bummer.

Thank you.

 

[ChicNmom]

This is an interesting solution. How do you keep the soapy water in the shell?

I gently crack an egg so there is hole about the size of a quarter.
Wiggle the contents out. Fill the shell about half way with soapy water and put it hole up in the nest box.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I gently crack an egg so there is hole about the size of a quarter.
Wiggle the contents out. Fill the shell about half way with soapy water and put it hole up in the nest box.

I see, thanks.

 

[FunClucks]

This is an interesting solution. How do you keep the soapy water in the shell?

If you can get the shell really dry on the outside around the hole, and not too soapy, you could try candle wax. Melt a candle and drip the wax so it covers/closes the hole. It works for hatching eggs that are cracked during incubation...

 

[Santa Cruz Chicken Dad]

She’s always hanging around when other hens are laying and she’ll go straight in there when the hens move away from their eggs, she break the eggs and eat them.

Place ceramic eggs in the nests and be vigilant to check for eggs as soon as you hear bragging.

 

[Swivelhip]

My sister used to knock holes smaller than a pencil in each end then blow them out. Obviously one hole could be very small to blow in.

 

[pepese]

hola, desde chile, debe hacer un orificio pequeño a un huevo, sacar todo su interior y con una jeringa inyectarle algo picante, como mostaza o ají, y después sellarlo, colocarlo en el nido y cuando esta lo rompa para comer se encontrara con la sorpresa, repite hasta que deje de comer los huevos, saludos

 

[Love Donkeys]

hola, desde chile, debe hacer un orificio pequeño a un huevo, sacar todo su interior y con una jeringa inyectarle algo picante, como mostaza o ají, y después sellarlo, colocarlo en el nido y cuando esta lo rompa para comer se encontrara con la sorpresa, repite hasta que deje de comer los huevos, saludos

Is it possible for you to do your post in English? It looks like it might be very interesting.