Day 2178 Egg eaters
No, my chickens haven’t started laying Easter eggs… but they sure do need a few decoys in the nesting box. One of my Leghorns has started eating the eggs and leaving quite a mess. I alerted Tim that this was happening, and he quickly (and not surprisingly) responded that there’s nothing we can do about it....ever the optimist. After a bit of research, we discovered a few options to make her stop. The first: put a few ceramic eggs in the nesting box so she isn’t successful in her attempts. The next: fill an egg with mustard so when she pecks into it, she gets a beak full of an unpleasant surprise. The third: immediately remove the eggs after they are laid, which is, without a doubt, the most unrealistic option. I dug out a few old Easter eggs that my grandkids had painted years ago and placed them in the nesting box, surprising Tim when he went out to gather eggs. It will be interesting to see if this works. If not, I’ll be hollowing out an egg or two and trying the mustard method. Th...
