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[Michael Gregory]

My wife, Fran and I have had chickens now for about a year. We have 7 Rhode Island Reds and 7 others. Different breeds. Two Silkies and one Polish bantams. The Reds lay daily the others not so much.
3 Blue Andelusians that are still too young to produce eggs. We have one Rooster who is an Americana.
I built the chicken enclosures are for their safety as we have lots of hawks. They have coops within the enclosures. We have separated the Reds because they attack the others. The Andelusians are the most recent and were mixed with the Silkies when they were babies.
The problem we have is one of the Reds is pecking the others eggs and we are trying to figure out which one or maybe two?
Any suggestions would be helpful.
We also have goats!

 

[blackdust951]

hello and welcome to backyard chickens!thank you for joining us

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi Michael and welcome to BYC - thanks for joining us.

Hopefully this link may be useful - Six Tips On Breaking Your Egg Eater

Here’s a link to the Articles section - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/ There you’ll find lots of information on almost every aspect of keeping chickens - from coop building ideas, to incubating eggs.

There’s a link on the page above to the Learning Centre - it’s a great resource. If you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.

Each week, various topics are discussed, which can also be a great resource - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archive

You may wish to consider joining your state thread as it will put you in touch with other BYC members in your area - http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/270925/find-your-states-thread#post_3239224

All the best

Pork Pie

 

[drumstick diva]

Egg eating can spread like wildfire. It is a difficult habit to break. Some people just get rid of their birds and start over.

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC Nice little flock you have there. We're so glad you joined us

 

[User395221]

I suppose the only way you could identify the 'culprit' is to separate them and then reintroduce them and see what happens? Luckily, I've never had that issue.

Welcome to the forum.