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[Ascholten]

Gathering eggs, dropped two on the concrete.
Splat !!

Is it ok if I call the girls over to eat that mess? Raw of course.
I'd pick the shells out so they don't see too much, what it is.

is it a good idea to call them over? ie don't want them to get into the habit of eating eggs now do we!

Would they even eat it? Hate to waste it, yet don't want coons and stuff here either because of it.

Thanks
Aaron

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Thats a myth about giving them eggs and turning them into egg eaters as long as its smashed its fine. Egg eating is usually a lack of protien

 

[CHlCKEN]

it’s fine for them to eat it if you don’t want to attract raccoons or ants or anything.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Mine eat eggs near constantly (that's the problem with almost 100 birds and no one that really eats eggs here). I had a male that was bad about eating eggs (he got into a broody nest once too, that was horrific), but usually not. I crack the egg, dump the contents in the feed and the shells get thrown separately away. My thought process is that it separates the connection between the two, but they actively watch me break them too, so I don't know if it works or not. Usually they only eat eggs if they're not getting fed enough or they're breaking

 

[Ascholten]

Thanks, I let them see it and it's being gobbled up as we speak. Great, so much for the STAY OFF THE PORCH !! lessons Thankfully they never listened anyways so I won't feel like I wasted time yelling at them
Aaron

 

[Lizzy733]

My girls do go after brittle shells that break in the coop or nesting box but they don't actively go around trying to break into intact eggs.

They're cleanup jobs aren't the best though, so make sure you go behind them and tidy up what they leave behind.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I usually have my dogs clean up broken eggs outside the coop

 

[6BeachChicks]

I think it’s ok. Mine accidentally break an egg in the nest occasionally, even when there are other intact eggs, they won’t break them.

 

[Ascholten]

Thank you for the replies everyone. I just wanted to be sure I didn't cause a bigger issue by letting them gobble it up. Now for my fat fingers that dropped the eggs. Funny thing is, i was going through some older posts here and seen where someone mentioned dropping eggs and I said to myself, hmm haven't done that yet. Had one roll off a garbage can lid but not a direct drop. That'll teach me to be smug

I have seen one or two broken on occasion in the nesting box and it appears they did try to clean it up a bit, there was much less goop than Id expect from a busted egg. Lets hope this does not become a habit.

Aaron

 

[Lizzy733]

Dropped one the other day myself, trying to hold 4 in one hand. Didn't fall far, but hit hard enough to crack. Ah well.

My aging shavers were the ones with brittle shells. They were on their way out, so no helping it.