Tom eating eggs

[watson35]

I got a tom that is eating my females eggs and I got chickens in with them and he’s been eating them and I think the chickens are getting a little bit of it what should I do???

 

[sourland]

I'd remove him from the flock before he gets the whole flock into egg eating.

 

[watson35]

I'd remove him from the flock before he gets the whole flock into egg eating.

Problem is I can’t separate him because I only got two building one is filled with chickens he’s a little too big for it but idk what to do I never had a problem like this because my big tom never did it but she lay 14 eggs before then the little tom at them all idk if he already showed the chickens how to eat the eggs or not

 

[Kiki]

Problem is I can’t separate him because I only got two building one is filled with chickens he’s a little too big for it but idk what to do I never had a problem like this because my big tom never did it but she lay 14 eggs before then the little tom at them all idk if he already showed the chickens how to eat the eggs or not

What kind of feed do you feed him?

 

[watson35]

What kind of feed do you feed him?

Grain feed or something like that he’s been eating it tho but he keeps eating her eggs I can’t separate him there isn’t no room in the other building.. I never had a problem like this with my other tom

 

[watson35]

Grain feed or something like that he’s been eating it tho but he keeps eating her eggs I can’t separate him there isn’t no room in the other building.. I never had a problem like this with my other tom

The feed is strach grain (can’t spell it right )

 

[R2elk]

Grain feed or something like that he’s been eating it tho but he keeps eating her eggs I can’t separate him there isn’t no room in the other building.. I never had a problem like this with my other tom

The odds are that this all started because you didn't prevent the tom from having access to the hen's nest. A tom will take a hen sitting on a nest as an invitation to breed. The hen will try to resist the breeding attempts. The tom will slip off and the least that can happen is broken eggs. You are fortunate that the hen was not injured or the worst case, killed.

You can build a wire cage around the hen's nest with an opening that she can fit through but make it small enough that the tom cannot fit through the opening.

I had a Bourbon Red tom that would seek out a hen's nest and smash all of her eggs in order to get the hen back into the breeding mode. The neighbors said he was delicious.

Scratch feed is meant as a treat to be spread on the ground to get poultry scratching around on the ground. It is not a complete feed for any kind of poultry including turkeys.

Get a good all flock or flock raiser feed for your turkeys.

 

[watson35]

The odds are that this all started because you didn't prevent the tom from having access to the hen's nest. A tom will take a hen sitting on a nest as an invitation to breed. The hen will try to resist the breeding attempts. The tom will slip off and the least that can happen is broken eggs. You are fortunate that the hen was not injured or the worst case, killed.

You can build a wire cage around the hen's nest with an opening that she can fit through but make it small enough that the tom cannot fit through the opening.

I had a Bourbon Red tom that would seek out a hen's nest and smash all of her eggs in order to get the hen back into the breeding mode. The neighbors said he was delicious.

Scratch feed is meant as a treat to be spread on the ground to get poultry scratching around on the ground. It is not a complete feed for any kind of poultry including turkeys.

Get a good all flock or flock raiser feed for your turkeys.

I didn’t have anything blocking her nesting box it was in the open so she can get to it but all he did was look at it and then walked away but he doesn’t mess with her when she was laying on them but I think he ate all of her eggs or her also but I got chickens in there with them and I’m afraid they would be laying and I wouldn’t know because they will it their eggs (the tom) but is the all flock feed good for them and won’t be meat turkey feed because my turkeys ain’t for killing

 

[R2elk]

I didn’t have anything blocking her nesting box it was in the open so she can get to it but all he did was look at it and then walked away but he doesn’t mess with her when she was laying on them but I think he ate all of her eggs or her also but I got chickens in there with them and I’m afraid they would be laying and I wouldn’t know because they will it their eggs (the tom) but is the all flock feed good for them and won’t be meat turkey feed because my turkeys ain’t for killing

Just because you didn't see the tom trying to breed the hen on the nest, does not mean it didn't happen. I rarely see my toms breeding the hens but I have had lots of poults hatch so the breedings did occur.

To get any of the chickens or turkeys eating the eggs, all it takes is for one egg to get broken. No toms should be allowed to have access to a hen on her nest. Too many bad things can happen.

All of my poultry get a 20% all flock feed with free choice oyster shell. If you have heritage turkeys rather than broad breasted, you do not need to be concerned about feeding them an all flock feed. It is much healthier for them than scratch is.

 

[watson35]

Just because you didn't see the tom trying to breed the hen on the nest, does not mean it didn't happen. I rarely see my toms breeding the hens but I have had lots of poults hatch so the breedings did occur.

To get any of the chickens or turkeys eating the eggs, all it takes is for one egg to get broken. No toms should be allowed to have access to a hen on her nest. Too many bad things can happen.

All of my poultry get a 20% all flock feed with free choice oyster shell. If you have heritage turkeys rather than broad breasted, you do not need to be concerned about feeding them an all flock feed. It is much healthier for them than scratch is.

Okay I went today to get the right food and I hope this is the right kind