Show hens are tempted by eggs broken in nest one ot of the most common vices Is egg eating of which most poultry keepers have had bad some experience although the habit may be formed at any period of the year there Is no doubt that a large number of the outbreaks are recorded during the summer this Is partly due to the tact fact that large numbers of eggs are produced and many of them are deposited in nests devoid of litter thus creating a tendency tor 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 bird later very few if any hens can resist the temptation and the habit quickly spreads from one to another developing into an epidemic which frequently proves costly for the 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 |