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I have witnessed the struggle over the favorite nest box too... a hen may lay an egg while perched high on the back of another squirming hen and it will drop 6 inches or more as well as get stepped on. Crazy birds.

Chickens don't know what they are doing when they first lay eggs. Sometimes they lay them in weird places, sometimes they just let them drop somewhere hard. They don't necessarily build a nice little nest and lay down low to the ground and gently deposit their egg. Clean out the nest box so...