Re: Chicken help!!!
[Re: Jim H]
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09/16/22 08:56 AM
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I never mix older birds with new birds. The old birds ( after 3 laying sessions) go to the pot. And the new team takes ovah the coup.
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Re: Chicken help!!!
[Re: Jim H]
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09/16/22 09:25 AM
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As said above, identify the egg-eater and get rid of it.
Eh...wot?
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Re: Chicken help!!!
[Re: Nessmuck]
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09/16/22 06:27 PM
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Jim H
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I never mix older birds with new birds. The old birds ( after 3 laying sessions) go to the pot. And the new team takes ovah the coup. Lesson learned! I put a trail cam in the coop, once identified, the guilty one will be delt with. Thanks eveyone.
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Re: Chicken help!!!
[Re: KeithC]
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09/16/22 11:30 PM
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wildflights
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Cull the egg eating chicken and any others with egg on their face. The behavior can quickly spread through the entire flock because they learn egg eating rapidly from observing other chickens doing it. Blinders and debeaking don't help much once they have already started eating eggs.
Keith I just struggled with this over the last couple of years. I put a trail camera in the coop. Lots of hours of video with nothing worth seeing...didn't work. I did the mustard in the blown out egg...didn't work. I separated each bird into a dog crate with a couple eggs and if the egg was pecked they met an axe...didn't work. I killed anything that I caught with egg on it's face...didn't work. I ended up with a new brooder of chicks ready to turn loose in the coop and I killed the entire flock of older birds. I say nip it in the bud with a liberal application of an axe and full brooder.
Last edited by wildflights; 09/16/22 11:32 PM.
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Re: Chicken help!!!
[Re: wildflights]
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09/17/22 03:27 AM
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Cull the egg eating chicken and any others with egg on their face. The behavior can quickly spread through the entire flock because they learn egg eating rapidly from observing other chickens doing it. Blinders and debeaking don't help much once they have already started eating eggs.
Keith I just struggled with this over the last couple of years. I put a trail camera in the coop. Lots of hours of video with nothing worth seeing...didn't work. I did the mustard in the blown out egg...didn't work. I separated each bird into a dog crate with a couple eggs and if the egg was pecked they met an axe...didn't work. I killed anything that I caught with egg on it's face...didn't work. I ended up with a new brooder of chicks ready to turn loose in the coop and I killed the entire flock of older birds. I say nip it in the bud with a liberal application of an axe and full brooder. I have had to cull entire colonies of 70 coturnix quail hens and 20 roosters several times, when they have learned to egg eat. If you cull the guilty birds when they first start, you can stop it, but very soon after it's to late. Keith
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Re: Chicken help!!!
[Re: yukonjeff]
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09/17/22 06:28 AM
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I never had that problem. I feed the shells back, maybe that would help. They fight over the empty shells I give back until they have enough, then walk right past them. We've never had an egg-eater either. We feed shells back along with most other table scraps. Some folks have told me that feeding shells will encourage egg-eating. I don't think it helps prevent or encourage the practice.
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Re: Chicken help!!!
[Re: Jim H]
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09/17/22 07:30 AM
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rendezvous
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Try collecting the eggs early as possible.
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Re: Chicken help!!!
[Re: Jim H]
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09/17/22 03:18 PM
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Law Dog
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Get some ceramic fake eggs they lose interest in pecking at them then.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
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Re: Chicken help!!!
[Re: Jim H]
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09/17/22 03:47 PM
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cathryn
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Dont kill them.i had some that started eating eggs and I did mustard and soft soap in blown out eggs. The softsoap filled ones stopped em in their tracks.
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