Is she now an egg eater!!???

[Hennyhandler]

I went out no more than 5 minutes ago to the coop to collect eggs. In the last nest box there was an egg that was smooshed. I know that a little egg has been being layed in there and sometimes two or three more. Based on the shell color I think it is the little one though. The problem is there was only the top portion of the egg and a couple of little pieces left and no yolk. A little liquid, like the albumen, had seeped through the litter to the bottom of the nest box. I cleaned it all out but am ow worried that it will happen again.
I have had this happen before one time but the whole egg was there including the yolk. It was just a mixed mess. This no yolk and shell really bothers me. Now that I think about things, I had given them oyster shell the other day and they ate it over a course of days but it had almost ran out and I haven't filled it back up. There eggs have always been super hard. I have only had one soft egg before and it never seemed to be a problem with them. Could this be a factor or am I just jumping at things?

I have always been so happy that I didn't have this problem. Maybe I spoke too soon.

I really can't have a egg eater as I am not home in the middle of the day most days. I wouldn't be able to collect the eggs right away or sit and watch exactly who is doing it so am I just panicking or have just concerns?

ANY info would be great. Thanks.

 

[Camelot Farms]

Thats a tough one. Every once in a while I will have the same problem. Maybe once a month or so. I have too many layers to even remotely begin to guess who the culprit is.
I figure if it gets worse, I will have to deal with it.

Hope you figure yours out.

 

[cluckcluck42]

I've had a few egg eating episodes, but it seems to be when one breaks under them in the laying box, they decide to eat it. My friend has regularly cracked raw eggs for his chickens to eat and he said they never had problems with the hen eating their own eggs of their own will.

One day I went in to get eggs and I scared my hen that was on the nest and she did some weird move and I heard the egg crack beneath her. She flew out of the box and immediately another hen saw the broken egg and ran off with it, and the rest of the hens followed. They went CRAZY over that egg, ran all around the yard with it, it was kind of disturbing!