egg eaters don't last in my flock either but there are a few thing you can try 1 collect eggs frequently and add golf balls in there place some time egg eating starts with the natural curiosity of young hens and can be stopped when they relize the balls don't break and provide a tasty treat. 2 look at the nutrition of your flock often egg eating will occur when there is a dietary deficiency of the animal calcium being first on the list and protine being second. 3 this is the only other option you have to eliminate the problem is to cull the bird from the flock to the stew pot or send to freezer camp for some this is a harsh step and many people tend to not want to eat their birds and just put a add on craigs list or a sign in the local feed store and offer them for free or nearly free thinking that this will give them a new home without them having to do the deed you know out of sight out of mind kind of thing but I can assure you this is not the best option as you are simply passing your problem bird of to another and I can tell you no one wants to tend and feed a bird that is a problem as you your self have rid your flock of the issue but passed it off to another ,,, just my few cents good luck
. A rooster will have no affect on the laying ability or inability what so ever !
I have gone the full route with them. I always have oyster shell, feed them layer food and even went as far as adding some cat food to make sure they had all they needed and I put ceramic eggs in the nesting area.. This is year 2 so if I had 4 eggs per day I would be happy, some days are good some are no egg days but sometimes I see the wet straw or Little bits of shell. Last year at this time I would not have dreamed of freezer camp but after raising meat birds I can manage the flock and egg eaters go. But in chicken soap opera fashion they get a stay, one of my Giants is sitting on eggs for three days with the broody stare. This I did not see coming, I thought Jersey Giants never sat on eggs. But this eliminates adding a bird to that coop to find the egg eater, I have seen fights break out when new birds come in. I have 37 eggs in an incubator just over a week old. So I will hatch them and add them at night.
On the inside was funky too. It had a very translucent yolk. Yesterday we decided to have fun with them, handled the girls and played chase the chicken. Maybe all the exercise worked an egg up. We shall see tomorrow
