Today is March 16.
I was out of town February 23 - March 2. When I returned home there were 4 eggs from one chicken (same size/color). 4 eggs in a week seems pretty good/average, especially since laying is just starting up again. I had maybe 2-3 from her before I went out of town as well. The chicken(s) in question are 2 years old. These were the first eggs I have found from this chicken this spring after a winter break.
I have not seen a single egg from this chicken since March 2. Should I be concerned? The chickens are in a coop/run and there are not eggs hiding. There is a small chance she laid somewhere random and it's buried in snow (most of which has now melted in the run), but this is highly unlikely as every other egg found was in the same nest box and the girls rarely (if ever) lay outside of the favorite nest box.
Due to egg color it is one of two birds. One is a 2 year wyandotte that never seems to have molted over winter even though everyone else did. The other is a 2 year old delaware that is prone to going broody, though doesn't seem to be acting broody at the moment.
I was out of town February 23 - March 2. When I returned home there were 4 eggs from one chicken (same size/color). 4 eggs in a week seems pretty good/average, especially since laying is just starting up again. I had maybe 2-3 from her before I went out of town as well. The chicken(s) in question are 2 years old. These were the first eggs I have found from this chicken this spring after a winter break.
I have not seen a single egg from this chicken since March 2. Should I be concerned? The chickens are in a coop/run and there are not eggs hiding. There is a small chance she laid somewhere random and it's buried in snow (most of which has now melted in the run), but this is highly unlikely as every other egg found was in the same nest box and the girls rarely (if ever) lay outside of the favorite nest box.
Due to egg color it is one of two birds. One is a 2 year wyandotte that never seems to have molted over winter even though everyone else did. The other is a 2 year old delaware that is prone to going broody, though doesn't seem to be acting broody at the moment.