Egg Eating Troubles: Are Roll-Away Nesting Boxes the Solution?

[chicken mama 0908]

I'm having problems too. Already doing all the normal suggestions but still they're eating away and leaving me with about nothing (I have 14 chickens). Haven't been able to figure out which ones are doing it yet and I really DON'T want to cull them! Been contemplating roll out boxes but I don't have an extra $300-$400 to spend. You can find cheap ones on Amazon or Temu but they look like JUNK. I'd rather custom build one... something simple but I haven't been able to find any easy DIY plans.

Yes!!! It is soooo annoying to go collect eggs and find a puddle of goop. Temu is by far the cheapest, but I agree they look like junk.

 

[ShotgunDog]

I have one girl (of 9) who is doing this (I believe it is only one). I have homemade rollaway nesting boxes. But my situation is that I am not here (my farm) 100% of the time. I have to split my time between my home and my farm until I retire. My egg 'gutter' (where the eggs collect) can hold a lot of eggs. The 'preferred' nesting box (#1 of 4) usually gets a good collection of eggs in that corner, causing the eggs to stack up just a bit, usually just to the wall dividing the nesting box and the gutter. It is here that I typically find an egg...or two...that have been eaten. This is a very new issue for me. To resolve the issue, last evening I blew out an egg and filled it with mustard. I placed the egg where I usually find the eaten eggs. As of right now, 3 eggs have been laid today, none have been eaten, including my "mustard egg". If it works, I will let you know!