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Kinda a touchy subject . Once they start to do that...and actually break the egg open.....well they'll do it all the time . I'm still trying to find all of my egg eaters . My vote is to cull . Unless you don't care if she eats eggs . She will teach the others to do it ....so it's up to you . Sorry I can't help much .

 

Watch and see if she does it more than once. I think it may have been because she was recently moved. Give her time to adjust and keep an eye out for any more or this behavior.

-Kim

 

I Have the same problem and there may be several way's to fix it one if you get empty egg shells you can fill them with hot sauce ( I mean really HOT sauce or they might like it) and when they peck it they find they don't like the taste another way make sure where they lay the egg has a clothe or something to over it to darken the area. You can also get wooden eggs put them in the nests and they can't peck them open so they stop. Also make sure they have hay and something to keep the hay in the nest. Hopefully some of that was usefull

 

Is she pecking to break or just arrangeing it to suit her in the nest? The like to move the eggs arround sometimes.

 

Question: you said you know this isn't her normal behavior because you have bought her hatchlings before. Why did the owner sell this chicken to you? Was it because she started eating eggs?

 

I'm sorry about the guys raccoons. Maybe you can ask him if she ever did this before, and how he got her to stop.