JonnyGitts 10 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 Ive had a squirrel do this aswell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,415 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 LOL, Hunter beat me by a couple of minutes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
squab 2,875 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 perhaps one of the chickens is the culprit,common enough to end up with an egg eater amongst them and a b*****d to stop once they got the taste for it although there are few methods you can try to put a stop to it. eat the fooker :laugh: yes that is the preferred method as all the tips i was given to stop it failed miserably Quote Link to post Share on other sites
04fox8 168 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 perhaps one of the chickens is the culprit,common enough to end up with an egg eater amongst them and a b*****d to stop once they got the taste for it although there are few methods you can try to put a stop to it. eat the fooker :laugh: yes that is the preferred method as all the tips i was given to stop it failed miserably Untill a few weeks ago I would have suggested the pot as well. But, We tried filling some eggshells with Mustard, cayenne pepper and anything 'hot' from the kitchen cupboard. We instantly went up to 6 eggs the next day, then 3 days later 10 out of our 10 hens! Now we are consistantly getting 7 or 8 a day, so think we've 'cured' it! Wouldn't have believed it if I had been told about it, but it worked for us 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
squab 2,875 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 perhaps one of the chickens is the culprit,common enough to end up with an egg eater amongst them and a b*****d to stop once they got the taste for it although there are few methods you can try to put a stop to it. eat the fooker :laugh: yes that is the preferred method as all the tips i was given to stop it failed miserably Untill a few weeks ago I would have suggested the pot as well. But, We tried filling some eggshells with Mustard, cayenne pepper and anything 'hot' from the kitchen cupboard. We instantly went up to 6 eggs the next day, then 3 days later 10 out of our 10 hens! Now we are consistantly getting 7 or 8 a day, so think we've 'cured' it! Wouldn't have believed it if I had been told about it, but it worked for us fair play but to be honest i was already fed up with it,if id stuck it out that would have been my next move,china eggs and blacking out the nest boxes was waste of time glad you sorted it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
04fox8 168 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 perhaps one of the chickens is the culprit,common enough to end up with an egg eater amongst them and a b*****d to stop once they got the taste for it although there are few methods you can try to put a stop to it. eat the fooker :laugh: yes that is the preferred method as all the tips i was given to stop it failed miserably Untill a few weeks ago I would have suggested the pot as well. But, We tried filling some eggshells with Mustard, cayenne pepper and anything 'hot' from the kitchen cupboard. We instantly went up to 6 eggs the next day, then 3 days later 10 out of our 10 hens! Now we are consistantly getting 7 or 8 a day, so think we've 'cured' it! Wouldn't have believed it if I had been told about it, but it worked for us fair play but to be honest i was already fed up with it,if id stuck it out that would have been my next move,china eggs and blacking out the nest boxes was waste of time glad you sorted it I was surprised it worked....but it seems to have done the trick! Next step was to clear space in the freezer, but that has been avoided.....for now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 If it happened during the night then ill say rat.... If it happened during the day ill go for magpie/crow.[/quoteMiddle of the day but I would,nt have thought a magpie would have gone into the nest box. It's amazing how intelligent they are but it is quite strange. There very cautious and don't often go places where they can't see all around them but I have had a crow go inside one of my sheds and kill quite a few young pheasants. It popped in a small hole in the net and went on its jollies staving all there wee heads in. I luckily had the pleasure of returning the favour..:-) If its a rat then I'd imagine there will be some kind of run on the way to your coop unless its just turned up...? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loafer 47 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 I fancy it is a magpie , we had one that came in through the stable door of the hen cabin and would eat the eggs out of the tray, so we started boxing them up, it then proceeded to pull the boxes apart to get at them, so now we just move them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,481 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 without a doubt a rat mate i had the same problem when i was keeping quail a few years back Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 perhaps one of the chickens is the culprit,common enough to end up with an egg eater amongst them and a b*****d to stop once they got the taste for it although there are few methods you can try to put a stop to it. eat the fooker :laugh: yes that is the preferred method as all the tips i was given to stop it failed miserably Untill a few weeks ago I would have suggested the pot as well. But, We tried filling some eggshells with Mustard, cayenne pepper and anything 'hot' from the kitchen cupboard. We instantly went up to 6 eggs the next day, then 3 days later 10 out of our 10 hens! Now we are consistantly getting 7 or 8 a day, so think we've 'cured' it! Wouldn't have believed it if I had been told about it, but it worked for us fair play but to be honest i was already fed up with it,if id stuck it out that would have been my next move,china eggs and blacking out the nest boxes was waste of time glad you sorted it I was surprised it worked....but it seems to have done the trick! Next step was to clear space in the freezer, but that has been avoided.....for now. Surprised that worked as birds can't taste hot or spicey foods ......... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 perhaps one of the chickens is the culprit,common enough to end up with an egg eater amongst them and a b*****d to stop once they got the taste for it although there are few methods you can try to put a stop to it.eat the fooker :laugh:yes that is the preferred method as all the tips i was given to stop it failed miserably Untill a few weeks ago I would have suggested the pot as well. But, We tried filling some eggshells with Mustard, cayenne pepper and anything 'hot' from the kitchen cupboard. We instantly went up to 6 eggs the next day, then 3 days later 10 out of our 10 hens! Now we are consistantly getting 7 or 8 a day, so think we've 'cured' it! Wouldn't have believed it if I had been told about it, but it worked for us fair play but to be honest i was already fed up with it,if id stuck it out that would have been my next move,china eggs and blacking out the nest boxes was waste of time glad you sorted it I was surprised it worked....but it seems to have done the trick! Next step was to clear space in the freezer, but that has been avoided.....for now. Surprised that worked as birds can't taste hot or spicey foods ......... Is that a defo mate....i'm sure they can taste somehow. Watch when you spray some teramycin on a bird and watch another one go peck it......it can taste that anyway!!... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,398 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 Im sure they can taste it as well we used mustard and it stopped them egg eating as well Quote Link to post Share on other sites
squab 2,875 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 perhaps one of the chickens is the culprit,common enough to end up with an egg eater amongst them and a b*****d to stop once they got the taste for it although there are few methods you can try to put a stop to it.eat the fooker :laugh:yes that is the preferred method as all the tips i was given to stop it failed miserably Untill a few weeks ago I would have suggested the pot as well. But, We tried filling some eggshells with Mustard, cayenne pepper and anything 'hot' from the kitchen cupboard. We instantly went up to 6 eggs the next day, then 3 days later 10 out of our 10 hens! Now we are consistantly getting 7 or 8 a day, so think we've 'cured' it! Wouldn't have believed it if I had been told about it, but it worked for us fair play but to be honest i was already fed up with it,if id stuck it out that would have been my next move,china eggs and blacking out the nest boxes was waste of time glad you sorted it I was surprised it worked....but it seems to have done the trick! Next step was to clear space in the freezer, but that has been avoided.....for now. Surprised that worked as birds can't taste hot or spicey foods ......... its regularly mentioned on the poultry forum to try this trick so im guessing the answers yes cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 A well known top tip for stopping squirrels stealing your bird food is to sprinkle curry powder or chilli over the seed as the birds can't taste it but the squirrel can ??????? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sniffer 167 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 perhaps one of the chickens is the culprit,common enough to end up with an egg eater amongst them and a b*****d to stop once they got the taste for it although there are few methods you can try to put a stop to it.eat the fooker :laugh:yes that is the preferred method as all the tips i was given to stop it failed miserably Untill a few weeks ago I would have suggested the pot as well. But, We tried filling some eggshells with Mustard, cayenne pepper and anything 'hot' from the kitchen cupboard. We instantly went up to 6 eggs the next day, then 3 days later 10 out of our 10 hens! Now we are consistantly getting 7 or 8 a day, so think we've 'cured' it! Wouldn't have believed it if I had been told about it, but it worked for us fair play but to be honest i was already fed up with it,if id stuck it out that would have been my next move,china eggs and blacking out the nest boxes was waste of time glad you sorted it I was surprised it worked....but it seems to have done the trick! Next step was to clear space in the freezer, but that has been avoided.....for now. Surprised that worked as birds can't taste hot or spicey foods ......... Ive done mustar egg's before the hen was running around with its beak open gasping unless it was a tandori chicken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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