PLZ TELL ME YOU GOLF BALL TRICKS FOR EGG EATING!!!

[Keni*Sue]

i have gotten golf balls to put in the nest... what to do now... is that it and hope for the best?

 

[DTchickens]

leave them in the nest, they substitute for eggs and when the chickens peck them.. they won't break, eventually making them lose interest in "Eggs".. It's also a good snake detorrent (i believe that's the right word?)... They eat the golf ball and it doesn't "De-compose" or something like that.. eventually killing them.

 

[NancyP]

I don't have an answer but maybe this will help you.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=188217

Nancy

 

[illinichick]

I've been trying the same thing and it isnt stopping them or when the hen lays the egg and the egg hits the golf ball, the egg is breaking. I dont know which is happening now.

 

[Eggs-Actly]

I put a golf ball in after they laid their first egg because they laid their first egg in the bottom of the coop - not in the nesting box. So when I took the egg I placed two white golf balls in a nesting box and "ta da" - the next day they laid their eggs in the two nesting box with the golf balls in them.

Now to have a little fun with 'em - I'm a practical joker, my wife will testify to that - I took one of the two golf balls away to see what they would do. They only laid eggs in the nesting box with the egg. Then I took the other golf ball away and . . . . . they didn't lay for two days!

I think they turned the joke around on me - I understood it as "no golf ball, no eggie". So naturally I gave up and put the golf balls back into their respective nesting boxes and they've reverted to one egg a day for me. It is usually at times like this when I wonder who's really being trained?

 

[TreeHugger]

I had an issue with egg eating when I started raising chickens. Sadly I had caused it by not gathering the eggs twice a day during the winter & the eggs froze & busted which started the problem. I put a few golf balls in each nest & then faithfully gathered eggs at least twice a day. When this didn't stop the problem I purchased the "fake eggs" made of plaster that people use for decorating. I lost less eggs this way but I still had problem hens. I ended up sitting in my chicken house & watched them to find out who was doing it (I placed eggs on the floor to speed up the process). I ended up having 2 hens that would break the eggs & a group of hens that would run over & join in once it was broke. Once I pulled the 2 problem hens out of the mix the problem stopped completely. I can tell you that I never could stop those 2 hens from egg eating & I worked on them for months using every trick in the book. It broke my heart since one of them was my first chicken. They ended up going to freezer camp.

I wish you luck. Maybe if they just started you can get them to stop. Just put a few golf balls in each nest & make sure you collect the real ones on a regular basis.

 

[Keni*Sue]

i seperated her and the roo now i guess ill just let them "visit" every other day or something