Oops... #%$*^%%

[MysteryChicken]

Mine break an egg occasionally in the nest, & clean up after themselves. None have turned into egg eaters.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Anytime I get a thin shelled egg, one I can't adequately clean due to inclusions, find a duck nest abandoned of unkown age, or simply have more eggs at the end of a week than i can sell - I throw the extras to my chicks.

Way up in the air, come down, SPLAT! Much chaos ensues.

No problems yet with egg eaters in the nest. Thought I had one, but that appeared to abe a "one off" situation, and likely an egg broken during lay by one of the ducks.

 

[Lizzy733]

Anytime I get a thin shelled egg, one I can't adequately clean due to inclusions, find a duck nest abandoned of unkown age, or simply have more eggs at the end of a week than i can sell - I throw the extras to my chicks.

Way up in the air, come down, SPLAT! Much chaos ensues.

No problems yet with egg eaters in the nest. Thought I had one, but that appeared to abe a "one off" situation, and likely an egg broken during lay by one of the ducks.

I always break my wastage eggs right into the compost bin

 

[3KillerBs]

Now for my fat fingers that dropped the eggs.

Alas, my arthritis sometimes makes my hands unreliable about holding things.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I always break my wastage eggs right into the compost bin

I have an outdoor shower (heated) at the gate to my pasture, where I wash and sanitize eggs before placing them in the fridge. Its about 150 foot from the main "run" and the hen houses, which are attached to the back side of the barn. The compost pile is the far end of that, another 60+ feet.

I've NEVER had a good arm, and certainly not that good. So its an underhand high arc pitch for me.

 

[Allsfairinloveandbugs]

Ive been waiting for the opportunity to state the following, & this "Oops #%$" thread is finally the perfect place.

Several times a week during laying season, i drop and break an egg (or two) while gathering them from the nest boxes. (That may sound like a lot of dropping and breaking, but not really when the hens lay and i gather10-12 dozen each day.) I rarely ever curse or raise my voice, but inadvertently both usually occur when i drop an egg. Does my loud cursing send the hens running away in fear? Nooooo. When they hear me yell and curse, they come running Towards me as fast as they can. And multiple hens scarf up the broken egg before i can even react. Good thing it doesnt encourage egg eating, because i literally cannot protect or retrieve the broken egg at my feet before it is Gone, down the hatch of multiple savvy and fast-reacting hens. Im not kidding or exaggerating one bit; that is what they have learned to do!!

 

[Ascholten]

It's amazing what sounds they train themselves too. All I have to do is barely tick the top of the Brute trash bin with their food in it and they'll come running from wherever they are at. I'll grab a small handfull of snack and walk it into the yard to give it to them. But.. Then they want to squat right in front of me, it's like OK, you KNOW I got food and am going to put it out for you, WHY do you try to trip me every time? Are you hoping I drop it all instead of making sure ya'all share so you can gobble it all up??

Fat little tubby ChickoPotamous's

Aaron

 

[Shezadandy]

Anytime I get a thin shelled egg, one I can't adequately clean due to inclusions, find a duck nest abandoned of unkown age, or simply have more eggs at the end of a week than i can sell - I throw the extras to my chicks.

Way up in the air, come down, SPLAT! Much chaos ensues.

No problems yet with egg eaters in the nest. Thought I had one, but that appeared to abe a "one off" situation, and likely an egg broken during lay by one of the ducks.

Yep, mine know that sound very well. Sometimes I throw them off the back deck when I've finished inspecting for cracks etc. Instant chaos!

 

[KingD]

Sometimes I have ducks eggs which get too old to consume so I throw em up the yard on the grass for the local wildlife to feast upon. More often than not they don't smash, much like those rubber eggy things that bounce then come back and smack you in the face.
The hens race after it, give it some enthusiastic pecks then turn and look back at me most disappointed. I guess my eggs are drop/idiot proof.

 

[3KillerBs]

It's amazing what sounds they train themselves too. All I have to do is barely tick the top of the Brute trash bin with their food in it and they'll come running from wherever they are at. I'll grab a small handfull of snack and walk it into the yard to give it to them. But.. Then they want to squat right in front of me, it's like OK, you KNOW I got food and am going to put it out for you, WHY do you try to trip me every time? Are you hoping I drop it all instead of making sure ya'all share so you can gobble it all up??

Fat little tubby ChickoPotamous's

Aaron

We bow before the great bringer of food!