[zarzar]

We've had squirrels that steal eggs and those little blighters do go into the henhouse through the pophole. I set my oldest son on them with his air rifle. So far he's begged two of 'em. 

i wonder if thats why we still dont seem to have many eggs yet as one of the bloody things chewed through our lean to then through the plastic bins the number of times its had stuff thrown at it .

[HesterF]

Ironically, the day after I said we had no problem with egg eating - both the chicken eggs went today. They were laying this morning when I collected the rest of the eggs and I didn't get around to going back until late afternoon. One had been smashed, shell mostly gone and yolk all over the nest box. The other one had a big hole in the side, had been moved to a feeding shelter and emptied. No idea who did it. Might try the mustard but meantime have put fake eggs in the boxes.

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[SteveHants]

I thing the seagulls are eating my duck eggs, ducks shed is open and they just lay anywhere in it, there are 2 gulls who are around all the time they don't even fly away when I yell at them.

12-bore.

[funkyfish]

Well don't think the crows will be  back soon as a fox took half our flock last night.... so won't be any eggs for a while. Very upset as energiser has a dodgy wire and had stopped working. Was fine at 7pm  not this am. 4 hens and 4 Cockerels. Incl a pair of beautiful croad Langshan bantams. 

[Tala Orchard]

We suffered with rooks taking eggs from our smaller chicken coop, one was spotted flying out of the coop with an egg in its beak.

However they will not go in the bigger coop that has 15 or so birds in it.

Mr Fox solved our problem with the small coop as he took the 3 light sussex we had there one night.

Now the rooks steal the pig rolls from the pig feed trough, seen 'em flying off with a sow roll in their beaks.

Must get myself a gun.

[fiestyredhead331]

we're the same but they usually just steal the ones the hens lay outside of the croft making shooting them a mute point. Going to try and make a dummy nest on the croft with some old eggs and lie in wait for them 

[hughesy]

When I've trapped crows and jackdaws the best bait for the trap by far is eggs. They just can't resist them.

[SteveHants]

A dead lamb (with eyes) is pretty good.

[Victorian Farmer]

youv got to shoot the nests out even things up