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Any ideas who's eating the eggs?

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nanasam Wed 10-Apr-19 10:35:58

Conegirl, do you think a fox is able to cut a neat hole in the egg? I'd have thought they'd crunch the whole thing up

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Gonegirl Wed 10-Apr-19 10:25:40

this from Whitby Gazette

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MiniMoon Wed 10-Apr-19 10:25:14

My DH used to live on a farm when he was a little boy. They bred chickens and turkeys, and we're constantly having the eggs stolen by polecats.
He looked at your picture and knew instantly who the culprit is likely to be.

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ninathenana Wed 10-Apr-19 10:23:32

Badger ?

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nanasam Wed 10-Apr-19 10:21:46

Jane the pot is 15" high so I don't think a hedgehog could get up there. Someone must be buying eggs and putting them out specially for the wildlife. Very strange!

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Gonegirl Wed 10-Apr-19 10:21:08

I found an egg buried in my garden just the same. I'm pretty sure a fox is the culprit but I've no idea how they get hold of them in the first place. Complete mystery.

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EllanVannin Wed 10-Apr-19 10:19:19

Magpies will do this.

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Auntieflo Wed 10-Apr-19 10:16:07

Can’t help with any sensible answers, but maybe, whoever it is, is waiting for his toast ‘soldiers’ to dip in his egg for breakfast!

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Jane10 Wed 10-Apr-19 10:12:29

Hedgehogs?

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nanasam Wed 10-Apr-19 10:05:16
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Good morning, all. We've recently been finding chicken's eggs around the open land near my home. The eggs are stamped, so not random hedgerow eggs and have a hole in one side with sharp edges. Today, I found this egg buried in a garden pot and it still has yolk inside! We thought it may be magpies, but wonder if they are clever enough to know they should prop it up in a pot. Does anyone have any ideas?

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