Could they REALLY have eaten the whole thing ?

[Guinea Goonie]

Yesterday, I pulled the little bucket out of the place where I store the eggs the hens lay. I usually get about 2 to 3 days worth and then off to the house to candle them and put them in cartons and then the frig. I have a few people I gve them to every few weeks.

ANYHOW, I got really distracted and left the bucket FULL of NICE, BROWN and WHITE LARGE LOVELY EGGS. When I realized that I had left them in the chicken barn on top of the cage as I walk out i went to retreive them.

NOT ONE egss was in the bucket, NOT ONE shell was on the floor and NOT ONE hen or roo looked guilty !!!!

I mean is it possible that they ate over 30 eggs and left absolutely nothing !?

It was a sad day, but I guess the birds had a GREAT time.

 

[coastaltx]

Did any of them have egg on their face?

 

[midget_farms]

It sounds like a rat.

Honestly - a rat will cart away all of the eggs & hide them in a hole somewhere for future consumption.

Chickens simply can't eat all of the shell & yolk etc w/o leaving a huge mess.

 

[nelgkel]

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I agree, sounds like a rat or a snake! so sorry you lost all of your eggs..

 

[WV_Hillbilly70]

Maybe it was midget_farms....thier tag says they can eat 50 eggs!...

 

[apdan]

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[Rocky Top Chick]

or a dog. My dog ate 7 one night right out of the basket while my back was turned.

 

[zDoc]

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Very funny.

 

[Guinea Goonie]

You guys crack me up.

I have drawn a conclusion though. Those chickens DID and I repeat DID eat them all. It was during the day so no varmits were out and the dog and the cat won't eat the shells.

Trust me, I am Very careful now !!

 

[PatS]

Once one of mine laid from the roost and it broke. One of the chickens sampled it, because there was yolk on her face. I guess I'm lucky they never put two and two together. (Knocking wood, just to be safe.)

But there were telltale signs: egg shell, a big wet spot, eggy face, yolk wiped on the wall. I think if your flock had eaten all those eggs, there would have been evidence. MY chickens DON"T clean up after themselves.