Help we're losing eggs fast

[stephen k]

Hey guys!we have a rooster and 3 girls and a drake an 2 girls and they live happily together in the coop!but someone in the coop is eatin all our eggs!theres just cracked shells everywere!we put good balls into see if that would stop but we have lost almost 20 eggs and ducks eggs in a week !help or info would be very much appreciated

 

[lightchick]

You could try filling eggs with mustard and keep golf balls in there. Try to gather eggs often and find the one that's doing this and separate that one from the rest. Put more bedding in the nest boxes and try to make it darker in the nest box.
Hope this helps.

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

My chickens have no problems eating mustard, or hot peppers or just about everything else folks suggest putting inside eggs to discourage a chicken from eating them.

Removing the offender, adding more bedding, gathering often and making the nest boxes darker are all excellent suggestion though.

But, another thought. Be sure your chickens are actually doing the deed. I regularly feed my chickens eggs, usually the soiled ones. I chuck them into the run so they crack open. You know what's left behind? Not a darn thing, they eat it all, including the shell.

The last time I found eggshells laying around in my coop, I had a serious mouse problem. You might want to start setting some mouse traps at night and see if the problem doesn't resolve itself....