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hen that does not breed.
John:
Also try cutting back the beaks, with toenail clippers, on the egg eaters. Jerry Segler has mentioned it before also. If it hurts pecking on the ceramic eggs and they can't break them open they may give up.
Don:
Hens and Roosters can become bored easily and start egg eating. Its a hard habit to break. You can try the dish soap filled egg, move them to another pen or do anything that might change the environment. Change the nest to a blind nest or trap nest might help. But most of all make sure they don't want for anything. Make sure they have oyster shell and granite grit. Give them plenty of green stuff, cabbage, free range or anything to occupy their time. I seem to do better with crumbles rather than pellets. It takes a little longer for them to eat with crumbles. They waste more if your not careful. Good Luck!
DeWayne Edgin:
Don i give them crumbles and they do not use the egg box to lay in. They lay anywere in the pen they want exept for the egg box! I put the fake eggs were they lay and they will move away from them to lay! I do not like moving them because they will quit laying for awhile. I will try triming their beaks and then if that does not work, move them to a different pen. Thanks
greeneggsandham:
--- Quote from: DeWayne Edgin on April 20, 2014, 09:14:16 PM ---Don i give them crumbles and they do not use the egg box to lay in. They lay anywere in the pen they want exept for the egg box! I put the fake eggs were they lay and they will move away from them to lay! I do not like moving them because they will quit laying for awhile. I will try triming their beaks and then if that does not work, move them to a different pen. Thanks
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Dwayne you might try pinless peepers.
DeWayne Edgin:
Well my hen died. Her uterus broke and i lost her. I moved my other hens and i have been getting eggs from them. One of my blue wheaten hens went broody on my ceramic eggs also, so i moved her to.
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