Help!

[Cathy Roberts]

What can be done about egg-eaters? I found one that had been torn to pieces in the nest a while ago. I don't know if it's one our 3 chickens or 2 roosters. I really could use some help on what to do!

 

[Shadowfire]

Once you've got an egg-eater, it's pretty hard to stop em': you can use the tilted nest boxes so that once the hen lays an egg it rolls down into a compartment till you collect it. Or you can hang a cabbage head in the run to give them something else to peck at. Eggs provide calcium too, so make sure you keep up with their intake and grit!

Good luck!

 

[Cathy Roberts]

Once you've got an egg-eater, it's pretty hard to stop em': you can use the tilted nest boxes so that once the hen lays an egg it rolls down into a compartment till you collect it. Or you can hang a cabbage head in the run to give them something else to peck at. Eggs provide calcium too, so make sure you keep up with their intake and grit!

Good luck!

Thank you for your help. I appreciate it very much.

 

[Shadowfire]

You're welcome. Just let me know if you have any other questions! I have two former egg-eaters myself.

 

[Cathy Roberts]

You're welcome. Just let me know if you have any other questions! I have two former egg-eaters myself.

Thanks.

 

[aart]

What can be done about egg-eaters? I found one that had been torn to pieces in the nest a while ago. I don't know if it's one our 3 chickens or 2 roosters. I really could use some help on what to do!

Was the shell good and hard, or thin and fragile?
Fragile eggs are easily broken by being stepped on and thus fair game for eating, IMO.
That 'easy opportunity' can become a habit tho.

'What can be done' comes after 'why are they doing it'.
Often it's diet and/or crowding stress.
The 3 females and 2 males(they are all chickens) might be a stressful situation.

Knowing more about:
-how old are you birds and how long have they been laying?
-your coop and run(size in feet by feet with pics)?
-what all and how exactly you are feeding?
This info might offer clues to if there is an easy solution.