Thank you so much for the advice. You hit the nail on the head I think with the eggs smelling due to not being able to get all the rubbish off. I think I all go out with a torch tonight and see what I can see - and then maybe a bucket tomorrow. In my heart I think they are dead, but I would...
I'm new to this too and my problem is dirty eggs and other hens. Our chooks free range but all come back to lay. Trouble is the other hens are sitting on top of two broodies, and they have broken eggs and made a real mess of the nest. Even though there are other nesting boxes vacant. I can't...