My chicken is eating it's own egg

[bamadude]

I had the same problem with my brahmas. I bought 4 wooden eggs from hobby lobby and put them in the nest boxes. Also put oyster grit in a pan. That solved it for me. Im back to getting 1 egg per hen per day

 

[simplegirl1970]

Thanks for the links. I'm going to try the golf balls first and then, if necessary, the mustard in the egg trick.

 

[subhanalah]

I really suggest upping their protein intake, especially if they are only on layer.

 

[Eric Smith]

Chickens start eating their eggs when the shell is so soft it breaks easily. When they get a taste for it they almost do it as if addicted to it.

I had chickens once that would hover around the nest box waiting for a chook to lay to see who could be the first to get to the egg.

Then one day I changed their grain diet. Rather than feeding them only wheat or pellets (in addition to scraps/compost etc) I started feeding them a diet that included, Sunflower seed, cracked corn, soybean, wheat and I also gave them extra shell grit.

Within a week I was collecting eggs again that had a lot of scratches all over them. They had been pecking at them trying to crack the shell but they couldn't. The shell was now harder and after a couple of weeks they gave up trying.

Hope that helps.

Eric Smith

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[Mah1Mah1]

I am glad I haven't had such a problem yet, although the girls do definantly like their eggs. I dropped one once and they went into a frenzy, Storm grabbed the shell & ran away with it and Chook & Brownie stayed and drank the yolk

 

[Chicken Man Dan]

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/185427326/6-wooden-nest-eggs-to-encourage-chickens

These have always worked well for me.

 

[Taterknees]

Yogurt

They do it for the protein... get some oyster grit for them and give them yogurt.... good luck

? Yogurt? Just put a cup of yogurt in with them?

 

[subhanalah]

Yogurt
? Yogurt? Just put a cup of yogurt in with them?

I don't like giving yogurt, unless it's a small quantity, and never on a regular basis.

 

[chickensfinally]

I don't like giving yogurt, unless it's a small quantity, and never on a regular basis.

Just wondering subhanalah, what's your reasoning behind not liking/wanting to use yogurt often? Tia, Carrie

 

[graham1996]

Your baby appears to need calcium. You need to offer oyster shell "free choice" for your girl, then find out about when they lay, and pull the egg as soon as possible. Mine quit eating her own egg after the first day of being offered oyster shell. Now, I can leave the eggs there for a few days with no problems