New Chickie Momma

[MooMomma]

Howdy everyone. My name is Dawn but my kiddos call me MooMomma. I have 5 lovely ladies. 2 Orpington & 3 Red Sex Links. My Orpington named Salt just started laying eggs on Wednesday. I am overjoyed!! Unfortunately, I found Cayenne (Red Sex) breaking into an egg this morning. I am mortified. A friend of a friend referred me to Backyard Chickens for help.
I already love this website.
Y'all have an amazing day.

 

[muddy75]

 

[Grind Hard Farm]

Glad to have you here, Dawn!

 

[Nomadicus]

Hello and Welcome to Backyard Chickens. Glad that you have joined this fun and poultry loving community.

 

[N F C]

Hi Dawn, thanks for joining us!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens Dawn. This is a great place to explore and hang out.

 

[Kenneth Zweerink]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens, And a Big Hello from Eastern Nebraska! The Best of Luck with the Egg eating Hen.

 

[sourland]

Hello, Dawn, and welcome to BYC.

 

[Kenneth Zweerink]

Here's a link that might help out with your Egg eater.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/egg-eating.1633406/

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

Egg eating is a hard habit to break once they start. My flock started egg eating years ago because 1 young pullet couldn't put a shell on for the life of her. I installed curtains to make the boxes dark, it stopped others from cruising for eggs...nothing to see here! Hen slips in, lays her egg, it's dim inside, she doesn't bother it, others don't see it either. BUT you must collect eggs often at first and you need ceramic eggs in the boxes as well. They will play with eggs at first and ceramic eggs will teach them that eggs are impenetrable. I use cheap kitchen curtains, with a industrial staple gun, I stapled them to the top, a small slit in the middle for hens to slip into. You may need to peel open one side of the curtains at first so hens learn how to use them.Took a couple of weeks and egg eating was cured for good. Make sure to collect eggs often. There are 2 boxes here...