How to Stop Your Chickens From Eating Their Own Eggs

How to Stop Your Chickens From Eating Their Own Eggs
How to Stop Your Chickens From Eating Their Own Eggs You walk to the chicken coop to collect breakfast. Instead of a fresh egg, you find a sticky yellow mess on the straw. One of your hens has tasted a raw egg, and she liked it. This is a bad habit that can spread fast through your whole flock. Finding broken shells is frustrating. Chickens are smart, and they learn from each other. If one hen starts, others will copy her soon. Y ou need to act fast before this habit becomes a daily routine. Let us look at why this happens and how you can fix it today. Alert: Egg eating is a learned habit. If you do not stop it now, you might lose your whole daily egg supply. Chickens usually start eating eggs by accident when an egg breaks in a crowded nest. Table of Contents Why Do Chickens Eat Eggs? Chickens do not eat their eggs because they are mean. Usually, they do it because of a lack of nutrients. If they do not get enough calcium, their eggshells get thin and soft. Soft eggs break easily whe…