ok agreed need better wire on the loft (on my to do list)
rat poison is under heavy bucket but balanced up by a piece of wood on one side so a rat could get under but my dogs cant get at it. (i know im a bit daft speck but come on ! ;D)
all food is removed after they eat, (which has only been implimented for about a week)
erm what else...
oh yeah, i dont think i have any naughy cocks they all seem well behaved to me, and i did find an egg on the outside of the loft so that blows that theory out of the water
anyways seems to be doing ok so far as i have eggs almost ready for hatching so .... fingers crossed should be ok
i had a theory that my exhibition hen was squashing them lol, cause everytime the eggs were eaten she was throughly covered in yolk, but her heads that far down her back i think she couldnt see it had been broken and still sat on it, wereas the others leave the nest when it happeneds, but anyway i have switched her egg (she only layed one) for a dummy egg, and put her egg under a west that raises her babies well (but i dont want her having any more cause shes paired up with a fan)
its a bit complicated :-/ but trust me i kknow what im doing ;D
thank you for all your advice everyone xx