Show Hens Are Tempted by Eggs Broken in Nest One of the most common Vices Ices Is egg egl eating of ot which most poultry keepers have had some experience I Although the habit may be formed at an any period of the year there Is 13 no I doubt that a large number of or the out out- outbreaks outbreaks out outbreaks breaks are recorded during the sum sum- summer summer sum summer mer sumI I This Is partly due to the fact tact that large numbers of eggs are produced i and many of them are arc deposited InI In I nests devoid of litter thus creating nI ai a n i I tendency for the eggs to become damaged dam- dam aged damI I The habit Is often the result of ot a 11 broken one being left In the nest oron oron or on the manure board to be devoured t by some bird later Inter Very fe few It tr any hens can resist I the temptation and the habit quickly spreads from one to another devel devel- developing developing into an nn epidemic which fre tre- frequently frequently proves costly for the owners Unless the nests are kept well cov cov- covered covered covered ered with soft material the shells are certain to get damaged Later on oth oth- oth other other er el hens frequent the nests and brok brok- broken brok- brok broken broken en eg eggs s tollo follow |