Chickens?

[AHPP]

I have an egg pecker. It’s one of five of them. Hen six is currently sitting on four eggs in a DHL box serving as a broody coop. But back to the five. How do I catch the perpetrator, short of CCTV or finding egg on its face?

 

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[Welshfred]

19 hours ago, AHPP said:

I have an egg pecker. It’s one of five of them. Hen six is currently sitting on four eggs in a DHL box serving as a broody coop. But back to the five. How do I catch the perpetrator, short of CCTV or finding egg on its face?

 

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Try and collect eggs regularly to remove opportunity but there is a way to put her off - empty an egg of egg as tidily as you can, fill the empty shell with English mustard, stick back together ( no glues required, just don't make the mustard too runny) and replace in the coop. She'll have a go but she won't like it. It can work although not guaranteed. It's so annoying though so worth a go.

[AHPP]

Cheers. I do similar with the dog thieving off the kitchen counter. Only leave chilis there now. Hasn’t hit yet.

[AHPP]

5/5 and no pecking today. Threats apparently all required. 

[Conor Wright]

We had egg pecking issues before, so for a few days when i removed the eggs I put 3 golf balls in their place. One or two sore beaks later and it stopped!

It can be a sign of a lack of nutrition too, so no harm to give them some crushed oyster shells or similar.

I really need to get some chickens again soon.

A winter of storm damage and pine marten/fox attacks means we haven't had an egg of our own since January. 

In typical fashion I dismantled the old coop and never got around to building a new one.

Shop eggs just don't cut it.