egg eating

the culprit!----------->

today, and a few days ago, i have found broken egg shells with all the yoke and egg white missing, and i realized that one of my chickens was eating the eggs! so if you find you have this same problem, here are some ways of how to fix it:

-collect eggs asap after the hens have laid
-find the culprit (mine in this case is Charlotte), you can tell if the chicken has egg on her beak, or you will see her

-make sure your chickens have enough calcium and protein and vitamin D for their diet, you can buy supplements such as oyster shells for calcium, or grind their egg shells into a powder and put in in your chickens' feed bowl, this will make the egg shells harder
-darken the nesting boxes or coop if it is too light, so they cant see the eggs as well
-make sure the chickens have enough things (food) to occupy them throughout the day so they dont get bored and get into trouble
-make sure you have at least one nesting box for every 2-3 chickens

-if an egg cracks or gets trampled clean up all the egg asap
-make sure there is enough nest litter in the box (hay, wood shavings)

-collect the eggs, and replace them with two wood eggs or golf balls, so if your chicken tries to peck them they wont be able to break them so hopefully the chicken will eventually give up

so those are all the tips i have, hope they help!