- Apr 17, 2016
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We've had our breeding trio of Narragansetts for a couple weeks now, and got our first egg two days ago. And maybe (?) our second egg yesterday. Now we have no eggs, and I'm trying to do some crime scene reverse engineering.
Last night, we were doing our evening rounds, and wife thought she saw a second egg. This morning, there was just the one - no shell, nothing. We weren't sure if she'd been mistaken, or if a rodent made off with it in the night (too early for snakes, and pen is too secure for anything bigger)
This evening, they started making a ruckus, so we popped out to see what the fuss was about and found half an egg outside the pen, blood on the wire mesh in several places, and a distinctly yellow tinge on the beak of Hiddleston, our Tom.
We inspected all three birds, and found blood on one Jenny's right wing and the other's left, but no evidence of any wounds.
So, what's the most likely thing to have happened? Should I be worried Hiddleston has developed a taste for eggs? Proud of them for showing some rodent who's boss? Or chalk this up to first time breeders making mistakes with their eggs?
Last night, we were doing our evening rounds, and wife thought she saw a second egg. This morning, there was just the one - no shell, nothing. We weren't sure if she'd been mistaken, or if a rodent made off with it in the night (too early for snakes, and pen is too secure for anything bigger)
This evening, they started making a ruckus, so we popped out to see what the fuss was about and found half an egg outside the pen, blood on the wire mesh in several places, and a distinctly yellow tinge on the beak of Hiddleston, our Tom.
We inspected all three birds, and found blood on one Jenny's right wing and the other's left, but no evidence of any wounds.
So, what's the most likely thing to have happened? Should I be worried Hiddleston has developed a taste for eggs? Proud of them for showing some rodent who's boss? Or chalk this up to first time breeders making mistakes with their eggs?