what to do when chickens eat eggs
Marsi/Taxi/Getty Images. If your chickens are eating their own eggs, you'll need to break this habit immediately. The longer they do it, the harder it becomes to fix. But don't worry-with a few tweaks to your hens' nest boxes and living situation, you can nip egg eating in the bud.f you feed hens eggshell for calcium, smash them to a powder so they don't associate them with the egg itself. 1  Collect eggs early. 2  Collecting eggs early in the day is always good practice. 3  This leaves less time for breakage and egg eating.