Re: Egg Eating Chickens
[Re: SundanceMtnMan]
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03/02/18 12:21 AM
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Try meat scraps...like the pork rinds its high in protein, but also it's red and meaty. There will still be a teacher a lot of times, and I would find her and clip beak on her. Otherwise clip them all if you can't find her. I really like the roll out nests but don't have one, there are plans to make them fairly cheap.
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Re: Egg Eating Chickens
[Re: SundanceMtnMan]
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03/02/18 12:44 AM
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My neighbor has plastic eggs in his boxes my guess they slam into them hard eggs and learn a quick lesson first time I collected egg for them I picked them up thought they were the real deal. Then notices a dot on the ends of them so you know what ones are fake!
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Re: Egg Eating Chickens
[Re: SundanceMtnMan]
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03/03/18 01:41 PM
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I like the protein supplement idea my dad had fake eggs in the boxes but once they get a taste for blood they may kill and eat other chickens is this a late winter /early spring issue?
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Re: Egg Eating Chickens
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03/03/18 02:01 PM
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There are only three options, two of which have been mentioned in clipping beaks or eating them as the cheap choices, a more expensive one is to get or build nests where the chicken lays an egg an it rolls into a covered holding tray. Rolling egg nests help keep the eggs clean and protected. No grubby feet walking on them. Depending on your setup, it shouldn't be tough to retrofit. A small 3" square compartment in the front for the eggs to roll into and a 1/4" plywood ramp.
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Re: Egg Eating Chickens
[Re: SundanceMtnMan]
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03/03/18 04:52 PM
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Thanks everyone. I free feed oyster shell and have golf balls in the nests. I never thought about when it started every time but don't think it is only late winter. I guess I will be watching chickens again and butchering a few more. To bad because I could sell way more eggs then I will ever produce.
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Re: Egg Eating Chickens
[Re: SundanceMtnMan]
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03/03/18 07:07 PM
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You could increase the protein intake in the food. I usually see egg cracking once or twice a year. A wood egg stops or cold every time.
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Re: Egg Eating Chickens
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03/03/18 11:05 PM
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Sorry to hear that, SundanceMtnMan. I've been lucky enough never to have an egg eater, but I was also going to mention the roll out or roll away nest boxes. I've seen them in various catalogues.
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