3 eggs from 2 hens?

[boks'n'rose]

It's autumn here in Aus, so I was surprised to find 3 eggs in the coop yesterday - from 2 hens!!
Even weirder... one of them has reproductive 'issues' and hasn't laid for about 6 months!
Weirder still ...
2 brown eggs in the nesting box - one of them covered in yolky stuff on the outside.
1 white egg down in the run. Both hens are brown.
What's going on?!!!!

 

[sheaviance1]

I get a white one every now and again from my brown egg layers. I think they just skip the paint department.

 

[boks'n'rose]

Interesting - I mean, I guess I knew it was one of them (highly unlikely a seagull sneaked in there to lay eggs!)... but... which one!!
Thanks for your reply!

 

[ChicKat]

That's surprising.

My guess would be that the one who hasn't laid in 6-months is getting back on line. I have heard of an egg within an egg...maybe she just managed to get them out as seperate eggs.
Interesting story.

 

[DvanderSlik]

Maybe one of your hens is hiding a secret friend they adopted without you knowing! If you see some hay in the back of the coop rustling... you might want to take a closer look! Oooh, I like it. It's kinda like a suspense movie

 

[boks'n'rose]

I love it - maybe I'll turn it into a mystery novel!
Needless to say I gave the white egg to the dog.
And if it was the non-layer coming good - just as well I didn't 'get rid of her' as was suggested ... (could never do that I'm way too fond of them)

 

[dainerra]

why give the white egg to the dog? Just curious....

 

[boks'n'rose]

The white egg was not in the nesting box... rather, it was inside the coop in an unusual place. I thought that as a) I didn't know how long it had been there exactly, and b) it could have been a weird egg from the girl who had not laid for 6 moths, that we should rather not eat it, and instead of throwing it out, the little labrador with stomach of steel could have it instead!!