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| quiltingbea |
Posted - Feb 12 2011 : 08:12:22 AM
Help!!!!!!!I been finding alot of broke eggs in the hen house.....At first i thought maybe something was getting in there and eating them. But this morning i found a hen in ther nest eating an egg. What causing this? Is it something missing in there feed? Can anyone help me?
Quiltingbea
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| sherrye |
Posted - Feb 12 2011 : 1:22:48 PM
everything renee says is true. great ideas. you can look for yolk on their bears. they will teach the others to do it also. not good. isolation is key. happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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| rschaaf |
Posted - Feb 12 2011 : 10:00:34 AM
If you aren't giving your hen's oyster shells, start. Egg shells and oysters have calcium in them. You want them to get the calcium not from the eggs, but the oyster shell. Make sure your are feeding them adequately too. You may have an egg eater on your hands. Sometimes if you catch it early enough you can untrain them before it becomes a really bad habit. Use fake eggs. Mine are wooden. Throw it in the pen and see which one or ones go after it. At this point, you can either isolate her or them and work on training them. Basically they peck at the wooden egg and nothing happens and they become disintersted. I've done this with sucess. However, if the problem persisits, you may have to cull her or them. I had two Delawares that waited for the other hens to lay eggs they would then get in the nest box, break the eggs and eat them--were all around just bad chickens. They are in my freezer now. If it is a bordom issue, but usually you see other signs like feather picking, etc. try giving them cat food, hay or a head of cabbage to peck at.
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