One of my chickens ate part of an egg today... I think

[StaatsFarms]

Does this mean the aren't getting enough calcium??? the egg was busted open in the nest box and have never been like this before

 

[All about the EGG]

They eat them and it stinks! I dont know why...Sometimes mine eat one, sometimes they dont. I had (past tense) one hen that ate the other hens egg everyday.

 

[StaatsFarms]

I thought I read a post somewhere on here that if the eat the eggs it is a sign a low calcium... I tried doing a search and came up with nothing... so I thought i would throw another question out about it and get some opinions

 

[imtc]

I know some will say not to but I give mine theirs sometimes (like when it's too poopy for me to want to clean or I have too many) and they LOVE it. Just added protein & calcium. I don't think it means they are lacking in nutrition..just that they like it. I don't have a problem with my hens breaking and eating their own eggs but I think that is the main reason people would say not to...just a bad habit to start I guess but I've had no problems with it. Totally normal for them to eat them though if one happens to break.

 

[StaatsFarms]

I'm hoping it got broke on "accident" and that they aren't going to make a habit out of this...

 

[LAMchop]

Sometimes big hens will accidentally break eggs due to their weight.
Any intentional egg-breakers I have had ate everything, shell and all. They cleaned up the crime scene well... except for yolk-splattered beaks and faces.

 

[newchicksnducks]

My understanding is that egg eating is a bad habit some birds get, then teach to the others in the flock. It can become a real problem. Try to find out who the culprit is if it continues and seperate (or cull) the hen

 

[StaatsFarms]

It's been a week now and that was the only one that was "broken"... I'm thinking one of them broke it on accident