sorry......... help needed egg eating chicken

nettynoodles1 · « **on:** June 01, 2008, 14:14 »

sorry folks tried but couldnt find the post on egg eating. :oops:
could someone point me inthe right direction please.

this morning i was happily cleaning and tidying not only the chooks but the field too. moved the hen house to clean really well and 1 chook wanted to lay, so i put the nest box back in and left he too it for about 20mins, went back and there she was happily eating the egg she had just laid. :cry: i knwo she had laid it then as like i say i was cleaning soo all eggs had been taken out. then not many mins later i found her in the storage shed having a go at another egg :? i told her off and shooed her away.
wasnt there a post about using mustard and specs? or am i remembering wrong? :oops:

sory i know its a common post
thanks
jeanette

muntjac · « **Reply #1 on:** June 01, 2008, 14:19 »

get a fresh egg pop 2 holes in iether end blow out half the yolk put wet mustard in the hole with your finger over the lower one ,,,,,,, put a little sellotape over the hole with the mustard and shake it ( finger stil on lower fat end of egg hole .. put the egg in with the hen .... allow a little yolk to drip out near her ...........she wilkl then try to eat it and yurrrrrrrrrrrrk :twisted: "werked for me "

nettynoodles1 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 01, 2008, 14:47 »

brill thanks will try that later

Porffor · « **Reply #3 on:** June 01, 2008, 15:35 »

i can imagine that'd work!

Curry powder painted onto furniture stopped a former dog of mine from chewing it anymore!

peggyprice · « **Reply #4 on:** June 01, 2008, 20:13 »

Fingers crossed it'll work better for you than it did for me - mustard didn't do it, even red hot chilli paste didn't sort it out :evil:

Thanks to Bodger Dorothy now has a very fetching pair of specs ... and the only time she has laid an egg at all since she's had them was the day we took them off her ... and yep, she ate it up straight away :evil: :evil: Has never (so far) touched any of the others' eggs though ...

So specs are back on again - and she's stopped laying again - so we'll see how she goes on for the next few days.

Hope you have better luck with yours
:roll:

azubah · « **Reply #5 on:** June 02, 2008, 19:01 »

Hens do like to see what they are eating, so if you can make the nest box dark that should stop it. I put a fringe curtain made of a piece of black polythene over the entrance so that they can push their way through to get in.
Also make sure that the shells are strong by allowing them as much oyster shell and grit as they need. Sometimes eggs are broken because they are just not strong enough.

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #6 on:** June 02, 2008, 19:22 »

Quote from: "peggyprice"

Fingers crossed it'll work better for you than it did for me - mustard didn't do it, even red hot chilli paste didn't sort it out :evil:

Thanks to Bodger Dorothy now has a very fetching pair of specs ... and the only time she has laid an egg at all since she's had them was the day we took them off her ... and yep, she ate it up straight away :evil: :evil: Has never (so far) touched any of the others' eggs though ...

So specs are back on again - and she's stopped laying again - so we'll see how she goes on for the next few days.

Hope you have better luck with yours
:roll:

Have you tried a roll away nest box Peggy ?

peggyprice · « **Reply #7 on:** June 02, 2008, 20:49 »

Quote from: "Aunt Sally"

Quote from: "peggyprice"
Fingers crossed it'll work better for you than it did for me - mustard didn't do it, even red hot chilli paste didn't sort it out :evil:

Thanks to Bodger Dorothy now has a very fetching pair of specs ... and the only time she has laid an egg at all since she's had them was the day we took them off her ... and yep, she ate it up straight away :evil: :evil: Has never (so far) touched any of the others' eggs though ...

So specs are back on again - and she's stopped laying again - so we'll see how she goes on for the next few days.

Hope you have better luck with yours
:roll:

Have you tried a roll away nest box Peggy ?

:oops: :oops: How stupid of me! Thought of those right at the beginning, then never did anything about it :oops: Had forgotten all about them. Got to be worth a try - I've just been PM'ing Bodger about options of last resort ...

Thanks, Aunty - I'll order one tonight

And for anyone else that wants to look at them, the link:

http://www.chicken-house.co.uk/rollaway_nestboxes.htm

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #8 on:** June 02, 2008, 21:47 »

Don't forget not to put any straw in it though

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sorry......... help needed egg eating chicken

Porffor