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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: demonfarmer2630 on October 04, 2013, 08:53:54 pm

Title: help chicken problem
Post by: demonfarmer2630 on October 04, 2013, 08:53:54 pm

I have a hen who smashes eggs and im not sure what to do
 

Title: Re: help chicken problem
Post by: doganjo on October 04, 2013, 09:08:37 pm

Get rid - one way or another - just be sure you get the right hen.  Once they start they don't usually stop.  Presumably she smashes them to eat them not because she's clumsy?

Title: Re: help chicken problem
Post by: demonfarmer2630 on October 04, 2013, 09:25:58 pm

I know who it is
 

Title: Re: help chicken problem
Post by: AndynJ on October 05, 2013, 05:24:51 am

time to go she will teach the others in a matter of days, but golf balls in nest boxes help with a little mustard added.  :excited: 

Title: Re: help chicken problem
Post by: Mammyshaz on October 05, 2013, 07:09:11 am

I'm no expert. Just a few things  Ive read or heard that might help.
Make sure there is plenty of grit and oysters ell available. Use good quality diet. Put items out to stop boredom  such as a hanging cabbage or outdoor perches at different levels. There are roller egg nest boxes which roll the egg to safety when it is layed
Check for eggs constantly ( if you can collect them before she has a chance to damage them you might manage to break the habit.  Sometimes I've heard that changing the coop to a spare coop for a while upsets the balance enough to put the trouble hen off her routine.

Just a few things you may be able to try.  I haven't had a problem yet, no doubt one day it will happen  ::)

Good luck   :hshoe:  :chook:

Title: Re: help chicken problem
Post by: Victorian Farmer on October 05, 2013, 09:04:57 am

Dongo hit the nail on the head that hen could rek the flock take out pen on her own no inprovement gone. I no some 1 that droped a dozen eggs and left them for the chickins and naw 20 hens no eggs ....