MY hens are eating there eggs??? what to do?

[Ruthster55]

I have had egg eaters and stopped it a few times.
Mostly when lacking protein the egg becomes essential. Scramble some eggs for them, probably 1 egg for 4 hens is enough. Once or twice a week. Let the shells dry a day or 2. Crunch the shells and give as calcium supplement. 1 shell 2 or 3 times a week.
Overall the best solution is a complete feed, preferably from a feed mill. They can still free range. But these other ideas will help for now.

I prefer to bake the eggshells from a few days' worth of breakfast for a little while in an oven. Then, I crush them into little bits so they are not recognizable to the chickens as eggshells.

If oyster shell were available, I would get that, but there's no oyster shell in my neck of the woods.

 

[WhyDoILikeChickens]

I prefer to bake the eggshells from a few days' worth of breakfast for a little while in an oven. Then, I crush them into little bits so they are not recognizable to the chickens as eggshells.

If oyster shell were available, I would get that, but there's no oyster shell in my neck of the woods.

I just leave them out on the counter, after a few days they crush like Christmas ornaments. But I have been getting feed from a feed mill and eggs have been perfect since then. 9 days out of 10 I get 8 eggs from 9 pullets. Sometimes 9. Rarely less than 7

 

[Arlen1234]

I prefer to bake the eggshells from a few days' worth of breakfast for a little while in an oven. Then, I crush them into little bits so they are not recognizable to the chickens as eggshells.

If oyster shell were available, I would get that, but there's no oyster shell in my neck of the woods.

Can dog food supplement calcium intake for chickens? I am just thinking

 

[Homesteadermomma6382]

Can dog food supplement calcium intake for chickens? I am just thinking

No dog food isnt meant for chickens. If you have all laying hens you can feed them layer feed. It has calcium added to it. They need to have chicken feed. Corn and grain are treats not a diet. Oyster shell is fairly cheap and available at most feed stores.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Can dog food supplement calcium intake for chickens? I am just thinking

Dog food probably has too much salt in it to feed much to chickens. Some people use cat food to raise the protein level. Dog or cat food will not raise the calcium level, but it will protein. To supplement calcium you need something high in calcium, like oyster shells, egg shells, limestone, something like that.

 

[mrsaubrey]

I have read that one way to get them cheap calcium is to crush up eggshells really small. Since you may have one that is actually eating eggs, youreally need to crush it so they don't recognize it as eggs. If it's protein they're after, consider adding sunflower seeds and mealworms to their diet or even hardboiled eggs all crushed up- again so it doesn't resemble an egg.