BonnieBlue
Songster
I got my third egg today, and if it is the same hen, it is getting further and further from nest. First egg in a nesting box. Second egg on the coop floor. Third egg in the run.
Unfortunately, the camera in the run decided to have connection issues this morning, of all mornings. I have huge gaps in recording, and the egg wasn't there, then it was there, after a 30 minute gap in recording, so I don't know who laid it. But I do know, from watching where I did get recordings, is that the girls played soccer with it, as I saw it in 3 different locations from where it was first seen on camera, and where I found it 3 hours later.
I think I know who it is, and I think I disturbed her just before sun up when I opened the pop door. At that time, I also opened the coop door to peek in on everyone, and this hen (who I had already suspected might be the one that gave me the first two eggs) was squatting on the coop floor. I know she does not sleep there.
Any advice? If I disturbed her in the coop, will she at least go back to laying there? Should I make the nesting boxes a bit more "secluded by closing in the front a bit more? Do I just give it time since this is only the third egg, and she is the only one laying?
I was surprised the egg wasn't broken. I have sand in the coop and run, so maybe that helped.
Unfortunately, the camera in the run decided to have connection issues this morning, of all mornings. I have huge gaps in recording, and the egg wasn't there, then it was there, after a 30 minute gap in recording, so I don't know who laid it. But I do know, from watching where I did get recordings, is that the girls played soccer with it, as I saw it in 3 different locations from where it was first seen on camera, and where I found it 3 hours later.
I think I know who it is, and I think I disturbed her just before sun up when I opened the pop door. At that time, I also opened the coop door to peek in on everyone, and this hen (who I had already suspected might be the one that gave me the first two eggs) was squatting on the coop floor. I know she does not sleep there.
Any advice? If I disturbed her in the coop, will she at least go back to laying there? Should I make the nesting boxes a bit more "secluded by closing in the front a bit more? Do I just give it time since this is only the third egg, and she is the only one laying?
I was surprised the egg wasn't broken. I have sand in the coop and run, so maybe that helped.
