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Thanks. Interesting . Maybe Grumpy would not like staying there so well.Yes, I covered my nest boxes 3/4 of the way and I parted the curtains for a week or two. I put fake wooden eggs in the boxes.
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Thanks. Interesting . Maybe Grumpy would not like staying there so well.Yes, I covered my nest boxes 3/4 of the way and I parted the curtains for a week or two. I put fake wooden eggs in the boxes.
How long has she been broody?I have not changed feed, they are over 1 1/2 years old. Their shells are very strong. I have noticed several pecks in the shells also. She is definitely broody.
Did you see it?Sure mustard makes a mess, but the look on a chickens face when they start eating what they think is a yummy egg, then get a nice bite of mustard is priceless. Absolutely priceless.
Before I went to college, we had an egg eating problem at my mom’s farm and we used mustard eggs. I sadly did not get it on video, but it did work. I don’t know why chickens hate mustard, but they just seem to have a distaste for it. Fake eggs do work better, but mustard is just absolutely hilarious.Did you see it?
Get it on video?(that would be GREAT!)
Did it cure your egg eating problem?
Most times it doesn't work.
Chickens don't have heat receptors so spicy stuff doesn't faze them.
Hard fake eggs are more effective without the mess.
The food she is getting LAYER CRUMBLES. By Country Roads. I buy it at Rural King Produced by Cargill Animal Nutrition. Crude Protein -16%How long has she been broody?
Is that when the egg eating started?
I'd use fake eggs, not mustard filled(that just makes another kind of mess to clean up).
Gather eggs frequently until the habit stops.
What all and how exactly are you feeding?
They may need something more/less at this time.
Oh, I also feed kitchen scraps and they have a mineral block.The food she is getting LAYER CRUMBLES. By Country Roads. I buy it at Rural King Produced by Cargill Animal Nutrition. Crude Protein -16%
Lysine 0.6 %
Calcium. 4.0%
Crude Fiber 8.0%.
Fat. 3.0%
She has been broody from about forever. Recently even more so.
Today I introduced the fake eggs and she has been sitting on those all day but she and one other hen did lay eggs as well. I did retrieve them before she bothered them. Maybe it was the fakers that helped but she is still sitting there.
Constantly forever...or off and on?She has been broody from about forever. Recently even more so.
Today I introduced the fake eggs and she has been sitting on those all day but she and one other hen did lay eggs as well. I did retrieve them before she bothered them. Maybe it was the fakers that helped but she is still sitting there.
No. I’m not hatching eggs. I only have hens for eggs and as pets sorta. This hen has been the leader of the flock but I’m noticing another sort of taking this lead. Maybe she isn’t happy about this. I introduced two newbies not long ago. She was not happy about it but now the girls are all getting along. Not sure what is going on with her.Constantly forever...or off and on?
Are you going to give her fertile eggs to hatch?