What to do to keep her from laying eggs

[Facex2]

I have been told a ton of things to not do so my girl will not lay eggs. What is fact and what is fiction???? Was told don't let her shred paper or cardboard or let her play in a box don't let her get in anything or under anything for any amount of time.. what's the facts on this I do not want eggs. I have the one bird and that's it.

 

[MikeyTN]

The way I see it they will lay it when they want to, nothing you can do to prevent it.

 

[oled]

I thing that to much protein can contribute and also tuch on the body
. Also take away nesting box if there is one in the

 

[oled]

I thing that to much protein can contribute and also tuch on the body
. Also take away nesting box if there is one in the

 

[BirdieNumNum]

Also if you put them to bed earlier and give them less sunlight they will be less likely to lay eggs. Less sunlight = shorter "day" = not enough time to tend to eggs and such, so they're less likely to lay eggs. It makes sense to me, but I have no personal experience to back that up.

 

[Pedro]

I really don't think you have a choice in the matter. You have a 50 - 50 chance that she will lay eggs. I wouldn't worry until i had to deal with it. If she does start laying eggs you would just have to treat her like any egg laying hen.

I haven't heard of a Zon being a chronic egg layer. They do however have a season & will double clutch if the first lot of eggs are lost. But i would think that only 1 clutch of eggs are laid a year.

I only have 1 pair of Zons but Henpecked should be able to answer this one.

 

[Spiritbird]

If you have a chronic egg laying female it can be dangerous to their health from calcium depletion. That is when a vet can step in and give a series of lupron injections. The eggs can turn soft and then become next to impossible to pass through the bird.

This happened to a friend of mine with a GCC. The bird layed 17 eggs in a months time eventually got like jelly beans.

 

[henpecked]

Letting her play in a card board box or anywhere dark ,cave like could lead to trouble .That being said i let my hen zons play around with those type of things because they enjoy it so much .Just keep it to a minimum. When my hens are hormonal i don't let them have those type of things either. Yes playing "house" might lead to the onset of harmones but not if you keep it to and hour or two every couple of weeks.If you don't stimulate your hormonal hen then you shoukdn;t have an issue with egg laying, but if you do there's several things you can do and that's another topic.Fat can stimulate zons because they breed during the dry season and high fat seeds and nuts are their normal diet at that time of the year,rainy season is more fresh fruits and other green plant matter. Amount of day light doesn't control zons breeding season much because they live in the tropics when the lengh of day changes very little, humidity on the other hand does have an effect because of the dry season is less humid, so when you run your heater in the winter you might be more likely to see harmonal behavior or egg laying.They're many factors envolved and good common sense is your best defense.