WaTtS UpP
200 posts
Feb 12, 2008
5:29 PM
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HAS THIS HAPPEND TO YOU WHERE YOU KNOW YOU GOT A ROUND OF EGGS IN THE LOFT AND THE PAIR ARE LAYING ON THEM AND YOU GO CHECK ON THE EGGS AFTER 2 WEEKS AND ONES MISSING MAN.. THATS HAPPEND TO BE TWICE WHAT THE HELL ARE THE BIRDS EATING THE EGGS BECAUSE FOR SURE I GOT LOCKS ON THE LOFT NO RATS COULD GET INTO IT I CLEANED IT AND I SEARCHED FOR THE EGGS AND NOTHING I DONT SEE NOTHING ----------
Watts uppp homeboy
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sippi
32 posts
Feb 12, 2008
6:21 PM
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I have had squirrels take eggs before and rats and snakes. Usually not just one though except squirrels. If an egg goes bad and starts to sweat sometimes it will stick to the bird as they leave the nest and break. They will sometimes eat the shell when this happens.
Paul
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sundance
446 posts
Feb 12, 2008
6:22 PM
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gotta be a rat in the loft WAtTs. only thing I can thinkl of. they can get in the smallest places.If his head fits, his body will follow. check all around the floor. gotta be a hole somewhere, or hes got a nest and stays there
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Butch @
Sundance Roller Lofts
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WaTtS UpP
202 posts
Feb 12, 2008
6:42 PM
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the loft is 4 ft of the floor and theres no holes around even i there was little cracks i had forced like some gummy bondo on it and no even ants could go threw it.....
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Watts uppp homeboy
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ICEMAN710
118 posts
Feb 13, 2008
3:53 AM
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you would be surprised what rats and mice can do. They are masters at entering lofts. 4ft off the ground, ive seen them climb walls before. put down some traps and see what you get.
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Gary
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J_Star
1545 posts
Feb 13, 2008
8:34 AM
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They can get in from the top of the loft or the trap. It doesn't have to be the floor.
But if you have varmints snatching the eggs, then you would be losing more than couple. The pigeons won't be laying eggs fast enough for them varmints.
Jay
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WaTtS UpP
207 posts
Feb 13, 2008
7:49 PM
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i have layed rat traps and rat poison i have seen dead rats but no rats in traps i have cought a lil sparow on the trap but thats it
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Watts uppp homeboy
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washington86
275 posts
Feb 13, 2008
7:57 PM
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Happen to me before. My hen would eat the eggs. Sometime she eats one and sometime 2. After a week, and it's gone. I notice them eating it because I was spying on them.
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luis
647 posts
Feb 13, 2008
8:03 PM
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Damn Washington,you got yoursef some "Killer Carniverous" rollers on you hands...LOL !! I got the perfect name for your personal bands.....Jurassic Spinners !
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washington86
276 posts
Feb 13, 2008
8:09 PM
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you know what luis, that sound like a perfect name for my bird's band. LOL. seriously. I can't believe that hen did that. I think it's a lack of calcium too. It really disappoint me when that hen was eating her egg. I was about to throw her in the trash, but she was one of my best, so I couldn't.
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luis
648 posts
Feb 13, 2008
8:15 PM
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Yeah Washington that's usually the problem.They sell a liquid form (calcium gluconate)pretty cheap for calcium deficiency.I think Tony has it.It works well and its easy to use.I'll give it to my hens about once a month,especially during the laying cycles.
Last Edited by on Feb 13, 2008 9:24 PM
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washington86
278 posts
Feb 13, 2008
8:26 PM
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Kool. I'll order it soon. Now, I feed them oyster shells, and it's helping my breeders a lot. They seem to eat more oyster shells then their actual food.
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WaTtS UpP
211 posts
Feb 13, 2008
8:43 PM
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thats what i give them oyster shells pellets grit and breeders conditon bird food with pro vital powder and they still go missing
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Watts uppp homeboy
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WaTtS UpP
213 posts
Feb 14, 2008
8:28 PM
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GUESS I DIDNT GET TO SEE YOUR COMMENT
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Watts uppp homeboy
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washington86
281 posts
Feb 14, 2008
9:46 PM
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Does this only happen to one of your pair, only. If so, I think the hen or the cock is eating the eggs. I experience mine eating their eggs. They even eat the shell of the eggs, leaving no trace of the eggs. Check to see if you see any wet spot on the nest. I use to have this pair that I breed in individual pen, and they would eat their eggs a couple of days after the second is legged. I now use her eggs for fostering underneath my racer's tummy.
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WaTtS UpP
214 posts
Feb 15, 2008
5:27 PM
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ACTUALLY 2 OF THE PAIRS DID THAT
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Watts uppp homeboy
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