it's a good idea to keep art least one "nest egg" in the nest to prevent your girls from being compelled to find what they think is a more suitable nest area!
I've noticed my girl sits on the egg, almost like a birthing ball. Perhaps the nest egg is the chicken equivalent to reading a newspaper.
do you have nest boxes for them? Is there a little incentive in there to lure them?
Watching my chickens lay, I believe having an egg under them helps them expel the egg...similar to a birthing ball?
oh, yes...These eggs are like my grand children.
Here she is practicing
Here it is just laid
Here she is looking at it confused about what just happened back there
Here it is compared to a fake egg, a real egg, and a quarter
And here it is scrambled, after I blew it out.
And here she is...
I've got two double yolkers. Yesterday and today. It's my girl's second week of laying. The first double yolker looked like the yolks were actually conjoined, I was going to put them in the incubator, but I'm so glad I didn't!
dang...why didn't I take a picture!
I've heard this to be the...