Alis girls Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 My 3yr old Omlet girl is eating her own eggs. They are having extra calcium as her shells were thin but little minx gets there before me. Cant find the link on this and am I right in thinking golf balls dont help - ie putting one in nesting box. I have an egg famine at present Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Yep I have this prob too! It's a case of rushing out when Daisy lays before Chirp gets to it! Fortunately she tells the world so I know when it's arrived - but if i'm out.........she's in luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 My two ex batts do this, only one of them lays but they went through a phase of eating the egg even when it had a good shell. I put a couple of china eggs in the nest box and now they don't do it so much but yesterday they ate Agnes's egg before I got to it and the shell was a good quality. I think it can be a difficult habit to break Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 Mine dont egg call sadly so I kept a beady on her today - no egg - its was a case of I'm watching you watching me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 I have had this problem a couple of times, my now sadly departed Dorothy used to egg eat when we got new hens (not sure why, maybe just a very highly strung hen!). I used the mustard egg trick - blow out the contents of a couple of eggs and refill with mustard. Place them in the nest box as a tasty treat for your egg eater. She will soon rethink her egg eating habit once she's chomped her way through a couple of yukky mustard eggs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuryFCA1 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Pu an old egg shell together with either mustard or fairy liquid in it. This will soon cause a nasty shock and ensure they stop eating the eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_H Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Pu an old egg shell together with either mustard or fairy liquid in it. This will soon cause a nasty shock and ensure they stop eating the eggs How I wish it were that easy! One of mine has turned into a persistant egg eater. If I can get there in time, I can sometimes (literally!) fight her for the egg - but most times she simply secretly eats it! H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House MD 221B Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Is it their way of trying to get particular nutrients? Maybe upping their protein levels? Sunflower seeds, meal worms etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 mine do have meal worms and greens and extra calcium plus chicken spice. Have got some mustard in an egg shell - yum - will await result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gongladosh Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 in addition to extra calcium (grit or limestone flour) you may want to try some cod liver oil to help her absorb the calcium (sometimes they need this!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Thanks might give that a try - honestly the things we girls have to put up with menopause/henopause . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
