Missing egg/chick

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Nonnie195

Nonnie195

In the Brooder
6 Years
Apr 27, 2013
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Tennessee
I know this sounds crazy, but I am either missing an egg or a chick. I had 5 eggs under my hen, Rudy. Three have hatched. When Rudy got up, I noticed that one egg is still intact, and two eggs are broken into two pieces and empty. To be honest, I have no idea what happened to the other shells. Did she eat them?

I know that no snake/predator got in and got the eggs as she is in an enclosed room in the coop. I have looked and felt all around the pine shavings, both in the nesting area and the small coop area. I also know that all five eggs were viable as my husband and I candled them on day 14.

Anyone have a thought about the missing egg/chick?
 
I found the chick. It must have gotten stepped on and ended up at the very bottom of the nesting area. I guess when I "looked," I just moved it around. It was sad to see the dead chick.
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I was using pine shavings. Maybe the egg got moved down to the bottom of the nest where there would be no cushion. I wonder if I had used straw if that would have cushioned the egg a bit if the hen stepped on it or at least keep the egg from going to the bottom of the nest.
 

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