Why are my pheasants eating their eggs?

[PortugalBreeder]

Birds do not care a thing about hot spices/chillis/anything the contains Capsaicin, simply because they don't feel it.

I know that from my childhood experiments but recently I found the definitive proof on wikipedia. Here it is:

Wikipédia :

The seeds of Capsicum plants are predominantly dispersed by birds. Birds do not have the receptor to which capsaicin binds, so it does not function as an irritant for them. Chili pepper seeds consumed by birds pass through the digestive tract and can germinate later, but mammals have molars, which destroy seeds and prevent them from germinating. Thus, natural selection may have led to increasing capsaicin production because it makes the plant less likely to be eaten by animals that do not help it reproduce.

The best is to take the eggs before they have a chance.​

 

[casuarius]

LOL, I tried some extreme hot sauce and put it into some rotten eggs...and my dumb birds still ate it...didnt even flinch...needless to say those birds are gone now. Some pairs, I just cant get to stop eating their eggs. These were silvers. Im the king of spicy food, and I cant even handle the sauce I used. I've tried oyster shell plenty of times, and none of my birds have ever eaten it...I suppose this was because they didnt need it? They usually lay around a certain time, mine are late in the afternoon...just figure out the time and go out and get it soon as they lay.