Show hens are tempted by eggs broken in nest one of the most common vices Is egg eating of which most poultry keepers have had some experience although the habit may be formed at any period of the year there Is no doubt that a large number of the out branks br ealis are recorded during the euln summer this Is partly due to the fact that large numbers of eggs ore are produced and miny many of them are deposited in nests devoid of luter litter thus creating a tendency for the eggs to become damaged the habit Is often the result of a broken one being left in the nest or on the manure board to be devoured by some blid bird later very few it if any hens can resist the temptation and the habit quickly spreads from one to another developing into an epidemic which frequently proves costly tuf for abe owners unless the nests are kept well covered with soft material the shells are certain to get damaged later on other hens frequent the nests and broken eggs follow |