DellaNTuff
Chirping
- May 17, 2018
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... That dreaded situation. I've only had to deal with once before and it was in laying hens I bought, I never integrated into my flock and the seller was great and took them back, and that was like 8 years ago.
In my "old girl pen" (they are not really "old" just not this years hatch most are only 2017 models) I have every day this past week one nest of eggs covered in broken egg and yolk, sometimes the straw is soaked in it. I was wondering if I had a girl with soft eggs just breaking but found hard shell yesterday.
I am thinking I have somebody eating 1 egg. Not sure why this has started. They get fed layer ration in 1 feeder. In another I mix up sunflower seeds, scratch (oats, wheat, corn) and our home grown barley. As well as they have oyster shells and grit. I often toss them dried meal worms as well.
What should I do? Nobody has yolk on beak or anything to figure out who if anybody is even eating eggs.
Would love any thoughts on the situation. Does it sound like an egg eater or something else? I figured they would eat them all not just one lol as that's what happened years ago, never had anything but wet nests and a few shell parts.
In my "old girl pen" (they are not really "old" just not this years hatch most are only 2017 models) I have every day this past week one nest of eggs covered in broken egg and yolk, sometimes the straw is soaked in it. I was wondering if I had a girl with soft eggs just breaking but found hard shell yesterday.
I am thinking I have somebody eating 1 egg. Not sure why this has started. They get fed layer ration in 1 feeder. In another I mix up sunflower seeds, scratch (oats, wheat, corn) and our home grown barley. As well as they have oyster shells and grit. I often toss them dried meal worms as well.
What should I do? Nobody has yolk on beak or anything to figure out who if anybody is even eating eggs.
Would love any thoughts on the situation. Does it sound like an egg eater or something else? I figured they would eat them all not just one lol as that's what happened years ago, never had anything but wet nests and a few shell parts.