Make your own fake eggs from painted rocks?

[bulldog-girl]

I have an egg eater in my midst. Luckily it does not happen really often but was needing to get some golf balls or fake eggs. Then I got to thnking, I have lots of smallish river rock about he size of eggs. Couln't I paint a few egg shaped ones with non toxic paint and use those? Would they hurt the chickens in any way? I don't want to pay for fake eggs if I don't have to.

 

[gaeamama]

That sounds like a great idea. I don't see why not, as long as you use a non-toxic paint. May not even need to paint it if its brown-ish and you have brown egg layers. If a golf ball can fake 'em out, why not a rock? LOL!

 

[Master S.M.C]

Some/most people imitate eggs with golf balls. The toxic paint may not be to good unless it has a repelling odor because, there is the possibility of consumption

 

[patandchickens]

I have had good success using a roughly egg-sized/shaped grey rock as a nest egg to 'train' new layers, so I would think they'd accept it well enough to try to peck it if they were so inclined.

Like you say, you'd use nontoxic paint, so, no problem there

Good luck,

Pat