Show to prevent egg eating it Is not good practice to feed chickens broken eggs they acquire the habit of egg eating very readily and some birds can puncture the shell of sound eggs in preventing the flock from getting started at egg eating says a writer in the boston globe it is best to screen the roosts boosts so that broken eggs will be out of their way and that they are not getting a taste of them adequate litter should be kept in the nest to prevent breakage the dark front nest also prevents egg eating from getting started and a close watch can be kept over the flock for birds that show evidence of egg eating as indicated by yolk material on the beak |