Broody hen moving her eggs?

[sourland]

Less nesting material or a higher lip should solve the problem.

 

[aart]

I can use less straw then, it’s plenty thick in there because I was wanting to make it an appealing, comfortable place to lay an egg. My question though, is how likely is it that she’s trying to move her eggs? Or is it more plausible that she’s just getting up out of the nesting box and laying the egg elsewhere? Would an egg survive rolling down that ramp and only be slightly cracked? I’m just thinking out loud here, trying to figure out how to stop having so many cracked eggs outside the nesting box. The coop is elevated 3-ish feet off the ground, and the ramp is over 3’ long.

My guess is she's laying out in the run, rather than moving the egg out there.
If she's 'thinking' about being broody her behavior might be getting her 'bullies' out of the nests.
Lots of possibilities here...gonna take some time for observation to figure it out.

 

[Mutchi]

I have a half blind hen that would sit on eggs day after day

 

[LaFleche]

I have plastic golf balls in each nest.

Some of my hens prefer their nest empty and would scratch the fake eggs out. One hen even carried them out into the run.