How feasible is this theory?

[Pennylane]

I have hung a bit of netting from the door of the hen house that seems to confuse the thieves but the chickens go under quite happily..idea from having the chickens come in the house even through the bead curtain...
might buy some time and settle the hens again, they dont like having thier nests raided and broken yolk in thier boxes is not good...

[Millymollymandy]

Hmmmm I've had another duck egg pecked this morning but I don't know whether my really timid ducks will go for the idea of having to get past some kind of netting or curtain to go back in to lay. There's always sparrows and little birds going in there and yesterday I found a swallow - luckily not building a nest as when it rains I shut the door!

[Lincolnshirelass]

How about the "George's Marvellous Medicine" cure? My mate does this with her egg-eating chooks...

1. Blow an egg and enlarge the hole at one end so that you can get one of those children's medicine syringes in it.
2. Get a bowl and put as many disgusting mixtures and strong tastes in as you can - hot mustard, chili sauce, garlic puree, worcestershire sauce etc. Have fun with your condiment cupboard!
3. Mix it all together into a yucky, stinky, gloopy mess and put it into the syringe.
4. Inject it back into the empty egg.
5. Place egg in nestbox and wait for outraged sounds of disgust.

You only have to do it a couple of times to get them used to the fact that eggs are a disgusting thing to eat!