| Feed your chicken grits. Grits are purchased in your | | | | the shells and clean up the coop, likewise, do not |
| local farm supply store or you could make your own. | | | | feed the dirtied eggs to chickens. Introducing the |
| To make grits, roast eggshells until they are brownish | | | | chicken to the egg will start them developing a taste |
| and crunchy. Pound the shells and mix it with chicken | | | | for it that could start the habit. Chicken could also |
| feed. Chicken that does not have enough calcium in | | | | start pecking at the eggs if they are bored. Keep |
| their diet will try to find it elsewhere and eggshells | | | | them busy by hanging vegetable scraps tied to a |
| are an alternative source. Make sure that the feed | | | | string for them to peck. |
| has enough calcium and protein. | | | | Collect eggs as often as twice a day if you can. That |
| When an eggshell is weak, it could easily break and | | | | way you could monitor the production of the eggs |
| when it does, the chicken will start pecking on it. | | | | better. When the eggs are reduced, and the causes |
| Weak eggshells are signs that the chicken lacks | | | | are eggs that were pecked on, isolate the chicken |
| Vitamin D3, protein, calcium, or has an infection. | | | | pecking on the eggs. You could find that out when a |
| Check for infection aside from feed composition. | | | | chicken has egg residues in the beak. When the |
| When there are no infections and the feed is | | | | chicken is isolated, feed the chicken with liquid milk |
| sufficient, it could be that the nest box is too hard. | | | | for a while. If isolating the chicken is not possible, try |
| Provide padding for the nest to prevent accidents to | | | | trimming the upper beak. |
| the egg even when the chicken shuffles and | | | | Another method to prevent the chicken from eating |
| scratches around the nest box. Keep the nest box | | | | their eggs is to place golf balls in the nest box. |
| dark. Chickens are less likely to keep on moving | | | | Pecking on a golf ball will discourage the habit from |
| around in darker places. Dark nest boxes keep the | | | | forming. If you have done this and the egg supply |
| chicken relaxed. When hens are less agitated they | | | | does not return to normal, find out if rodents are |
| are less likely to trample on eggs. Limit also the | | | | getting into your nest box. Whatever the case |
| number of chickens in a nest box. A typical nest box | | | | though, prevent the chicken from tasting their eggs |
| could accommodate four hens. Less hen for every | | | | because when the habit is formed, it will almost be |
| nest box is better. | | | | impossible to break. |
| Do not feed the eggshells to the chickens. Gather | | | | |