what tastes bad to chickens?

[chickNjake]

I have discovered that the expensive Cochins I bought recently has an egg eater in the bunch.
So far all I've done is put a whole bunch of fake eggs in there to attempt to fool them, but what I'm wondering is there something I can put an egg that will taste just bad enough to them for them to find them unappealing?

not something so bad it hurts them; just bad taste.

Thanks!!

 

[JennsPeeps]

Mine hate slugs.

 

[giasmom]

Egg layer or egg eater ?

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

I have a few who hate bugs. They just plain hate them

 

[Imp]

chickNjake,
Do you mean egg eater?

if so see below:

I had this same problem last December with new laying pullets. I was able to break them from egg eating by rearranging the coop to shake things up. Adding 5 gallon buckets as nests. Putting golf balls and stone eggs in the nests. And collecting as often as I could. It was fortunate that I was on vacation at the time. Others have suggested filling blown out eggs with mustard or horseradish. And adding more protein or calcium to their diet. Also I have heard of people adding curtains in front of the nests so the eggs weren't so visible and it is darker in the nests. Good Luck.

Imp- if not ignore me

 

[cmom]

I am wondering too if you mean egg layer or egg eater?

 

[Kim_NC]

Artificial grape flavor - like cheap soda or grape kool-aid. Chickens react to artificial grape the same as mammals react to hot pepper.

 

[chickNjake]

Yes, I mean egg eater!!

thank you, I was on the computer WAY too long

and thank you, I'll be trying to create some strange, grape-mustard-horseraddish egg! this shall be interesting.