Do I have an egg thief or ..

[lisamayc]

Do I have an egg thief or…..

For the last month my pullets have been regularly laying 6 eggs a day. Then on Wednesday there was only 1 egg and what looked like an egg without a shell in the nest. I know it is normal for irregular eggs when hens first start to lay, but is it normal to have such a drastic decline in the number of eggs that are layed. Thursday, everything was back to normal. Do I have an egg thief or what? It would have to be of the human type since the coop is pretty tight and I would have lost a chicken if an animal had gotten into it.

 

[3goodeggs]

Could one of your hens be eating the eggs? They will eat the shell too.

 

[flakey chick]

I think your hens may have found a secret hidey spot for their eggs.