Pecked eggs

[Vegetarian Fox]

Anyone experienced eggs regularly pecked - either small holes, or completely destroyed

Seems to happen if we don;t manage to collect the eggs within an hour or so. Our chickens are still quite young and have only been laying for about 3 weeks - will they grow out of it

ANy advice on how to get them to stop?

VF

[Trignorton]

Hi , I managed to get around the problem by putting loads of straw all messy in the nest boxes so the eggs get lost in it once laid, I also put a couple of rubber eggs in the nest boxes so that when they peck them nothing happens, rather than discover it could be something to eat. Hope it work for you.

[Vegetarian Fox]

Thanks Trignorton - goog suggestions, will try out this week

VF