- Dec 8, 2012
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This is the second time i've found an egg on the roost floor! Anyone know why my hen would lay while roosting instead of getting in her nesting box?
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Your reply was much needed. One of our Barred Rocks (just about 8 mo. old) laid her first egg while up on the roost. It broke. We were just so excited the chickens were reaching the age of laying that a broken one really didn't matter (much) but pray they all find one of the nesting boxes to be more suitable.How old are they? How long have they been laying?
It’s not totally unusual for a pullet’s first egg or two to come as a surprise to her. It’s like she doesn’t know what’s going on. That’s just part of her needing to get the kinks out of all the parts of her internal egg laying factory. I’ve found pullet’s first eggs under the roosts, on the coop floor, or even out in the run. She just hasn’t learned control yet.
If they are older and have been laying a while, it is something else. But if she is just starting to lay, there is nothing wrong or unusual about it.
To me it is amazing how many actually get it right to start with.
How old are they? How long have they been laying?
It’s not totally unusual for a pullet’s first egg or two to come as a surprise to her. It’s like she doesn’t know what’s going on. That’s just part of her needing to get the kinks out of all the parts of her internal egg laying factory. I’ve found pullet’s first eggs under the roosts, on the coop floor, or even out in the run. She just hasn’t learned control yet.
If they are older and have been laying a while, it is something else. But if she is just starting to lay, there is nothing wrong or unusual about it.
To me it is amazing how many actually get it right to start with.