Fake eggs

[MiddleChild]

Is there a name for those glass or china eggs folks (used to) put in a nest to encourage egg-laying? I'm almost positive I've heard a term for it, but all this time spent with my head in a small box full of chickens is interfering with my memory.

 

[Bantam Username]

Dummy eggs usually. Or Rubber eggs or Plastic eggs etc, just depends on what the person selling them is calling them half the time.

 

[Bantam Username]

Or crock egg.

 

[forte22]

just use a golf ball

 

[MiddleChild]

Quote:
No no no - I'm looking for the word, not the item!

False egg
Teaser
Decoy

...something like that.

 

[nifty50chick]

does a golf ball really work?

 

[bobcart]

yes!

 

[nifty50chick]

very cool! i will try it!

 

[thegibbys]

in case you were wondering you can buy the ceramic/fake eggs at crackle barrel. you can get them in white or brown. they are about $1.70 each. my hens love them. my hens dont like golf balls they just push them out of the box.


have fun!!

 

[snogs]

I used ping pong balls and it seemed to work.