I know this topic has been posted before but I did a search and no luck.
Suddenly my hens have found the nummies that lay inside the eggs they are laying. I went from 12-15 eggs per day down to 4 or 5 if I'm lucky. I know a few of the main culprits now but I really believe it is all of them partaking in this new past time. Will putting wood eggs out there stop this behaviour or are they missing something in their diets?
I hate to cull any of the ones I am sure are eating them - it is my 2 year old EE, her olive egger daughter and my BC maran hens doing the damage.
Any other good suggestions?
Suddenly my hens have found the nummies that lay inside the eggs they are laying. I went from 12-15 eggs per day down to 4 or 5 if I'm lucky. I know a few of the main culprits now but I really believe it is all of them partaking in this new past time. Will putting wood eggs out there stop this behaviour or are they missing something in their diets?
I hate to cull any of the ones I am sure are eating them - it is my 2 year old EE, her olive egger daughter and my BC maran hens doing the damage.
Any other good suggestions?