My hen won't stop eating eggs!

[linguini]

Is there anyway you can keep an eye on when any of your hens lay an egg? retrieve the egg immediately is one way we dealt with egg eating behavior, and it worked!

You can either install a coop camera or pay attention to the egg songs and be vigilant

 

[rosemarythyme]

Regarding the bumblefoot, it wouldn't be the cause but it does need to be taken care of before it worsens. Bumblefoot surgery sounds worse than it is, in most cases very little cutting is needed and tweezers are enough to remove the plug. The foot should be soaked in an epsom salt bath to help soften it, then the plug can be removed and the wound treated (I use Vetricyn spray and Neosporin w/o pain relief) and then wrapped to keep it clean as it heals. I continue to do epsom salt soaks daily and fresh wrapping until the wound has scabbed over and is starting to heal.

 

[RoxReck]

I have a 1 and a half year old White Leghorn that has taken to eating eggs! I witnessed her a few weeks ago covered in egg yolk just starting the eat it, I also saw before hand that the egg had no major cracks and seemed to be completely intact. After that I put her in a rabbit cage so she would be away from the other eggs she had hay and extra oyster shells in her food, i also gave her an egg with mustard and later put wood eggs and more eggs with mustard in the nesting boxes, the eggs with mustard disappeared shell and all. What should i use in the nesting boxes? Before i had hay in there but it seemed to slide around and bash the eggs against the walls of the nesting boxes, so i switched to shavings which isn't ideal because the shavings fall out and it isn't the best protection from the bottom but i don't know what else i could use. She also has Bumblefoot. It is quite swollen, but it doesn't seem to really bother her. Earlier i posted a thread explaining it. Some replies were to remove it with tweezers and if that didn't work to do surgery. I removed it with tweezers, but it didn't really seem to work. I thought about doing the surgery, but it seemed to much for a chicken who already had in infection, especially since i had no idea what i was doing and couldn't bring a vet out. I heard that honey and essential oils may work. If so, which ones and how would i use them? Should i rap it up? I only want to think about surgery when i have exhausted all my other options. Do you think that Bumblefoot somehow could be the cause?
Thanks.

I'm not sure about the breed. If its a personality thing or not. But when my chickens started eating their eggs, I crushed up egg shells and gave that to them. From what I researched, they could be craving calcium. Since I've been doing this, I haven't had an issue. I feed them crushed egg shells twice a week. Hope that helps.

 

[3KillerBs]

I'm not sure about the breed. If its a personality thing or not. But when my chickens started eating their eggs, I crushed up egg shells and gave that to them. From what I researched, they could be craving calcium. Since I've been doing this, I haven't had an issue. I feed them crushed egg shells twice a week. Hope that helps.

Do you also keep a container of oystershell available at all times?

Many of us do that to ensure that our girls get all the calcium they need -- especially if we're feeder all-flock rather than layer.

 

[RoxReck]

Do you also keep a container of oystershell available at all times?

Many of us do that to ensure that our girls get all the calcium they need -- especially if we're feeder all-flock rather than layer.

Yes. I make sure they have a good supply of oystershell.