Many first parents have issues, egg eating is just one of them and most likely it's not really because he "loved" the female because they aren't capable of feeling that sort of emotion like we do. From reading it seems like most egg eating fathers won't stop this tendency but if you want to try again make sure you recondition them at least a week so they can build up strength again. Even if he didn't physically hurt her he could still be threatening her which you would't see, it would cause stress and potential death even.