I thought one of the chickens was pecking the eggs and then it kind of stopped because I started collecting the eggs more often but then I started finding holes again. Also, the girls started laying in the barn instead of the coop and very adamant about it too. I kept chasing them out and they'd run around the back and go back in. So I go out to check on my 6 week old Polish who I let in the run area and I find an egg laying in the run with a hole in it and then I hear this flapping and a blue jay was stuck in the covered part and I realized it was him!!! I never thought it was a blue jay????? Anyone else have this problem?
Looked like he had poked the hole in the egg and was attempting to fly with it when I came in. My old girl was in there and she looked ticked!!! I can't lock the run or the girls that do lay in there can't get in but I'm thinking I need to let them lay in the barn until the blue jay moves on but then I'd have to lock them in the run for a week to get them back laying in the coop.......and they do NOT like not being able to free range!
Looked like he had poked the hole in the egg and was attempting to fly with it when I came in. My old girl was in there and she looked ticked!!! I can't lock the run or the girls that do lay in there can't get in but I'm thinking I need to let them lay in the barn until the blue jay moves on but then I'd have to lock them in the run for a week to get them back laying in the coop.......and they do NOT like not being able to free range!