Hi all,
Found a misplaced question in a random thread and thought I'd help the new member out and post her question here. Thanks.
mrsalley wrote:
I'm probably at the wrong forum. I'm looking for help regarding predators. My question is: I think our coop is secure. I put in 5 boiled eggs with Xs on them to encourage laying. One by one, the eggs have disappeared. No sign of egg shells, egg remains of any kind. I figure a predator would take the chickens over the eggs?? I don't think a snake would be active in the icy weather. They have come up missing in the coldest of weather. I have cleaned out my coop and there is no trace of any eggshells or anything. I would love some feed back. This is my first time at raising chickens. I have had them since about the latter part of summer last year. Thank you in advance. mrsalley
ha ha ha! I don't know how you did it Mrsalley...but you surely dug up an old thread of funnies to add your question.
when you log on to index...you will see a predator thread....that is where you will have help answering this question.
and I would presume YOUR CHICKENS are eating those eggs. You hard boiled them and made them smell yummy...and shells have calcium. They will even eat their own just laid eggs. I think you may have just encouraged bad behavior. So my advice...they will lay when they are ready...don't use eggs.
regards,
Gretchen
Found a misplaced question in a random thread and thought I'd help the new member out and post her question here. Thanks.
mrsalley wrote:
I'm probably at the wrong forum. I'm looking for help regarding predators. My question is: I think our coop is secure. I put in 5 boiled eggs with Xs on them to encourage laying. One by one, the eggs have disappeared. No sign of egg shells, egg remains of any kind. I figure a predator would take the chickens over the eggs?? I don't think a snake would be active in the icy weather. They have come up missing in the coldest of weather. I have cleaned out my coop and there is no trace of any eggshells or anything. I would love some feed back. This is my first time at raising chickens. I have had them since about the latter part of summer last year. Thank you in advance. mrsalley
ha ha ha! I don't know how you did it Mrsalley...but you surely dug up an old thread of funnies to add your question.
when you log on to index...you will see a predator thread....that is where you will have help answering this question.
and I would presume YOUR CHICKENS are eating those eggs. You hard boiled them and made them smell yummy...and shells have calcium. They will even eat their own just laid eggs. I think you may have just encouraged bad behavior. So my advice...they will lay when they are ready...don't use eggs.
regards,
Gretchen
