mad house Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Can anyone give me any ideas, one of my girls has started laying on the roosting bars and it seems that she or the other one has started eating the egg. Not sure what to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Was it a soft shelled egg???? Mine recently laid some on the roosting bars and they did get eaten. But they turned out to be shoft shelled eggs and some even fell through the bars. I increased the amount of grit and oyster shell in their bowl to toughen their egg shells up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad house Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 Nope normal hard shelled eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysia Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 We have had this problem too. I read somewhere and it might have been here..... Leave the broken shell or get another fresh egg and crack temptingly open and sprinkle liberally with chili powder or similar. then remove a day later. This should put them off doing again. We have been fine since and the chickens didn't appear to suffer from the chili! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starboyhull Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 One of ours started this when I decided to change the straw for hemcore in the nest box. Now the straw is back in the nest box she hasnt missed a day....... Maybe there is something in the nest area she isnt keen on??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
