Egg went missing from nest!

BantamFog

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Jul 16, 2017
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So yesterday I noticed that my hen had laid another egg, but when I checked the nest box this morning she had two, when yesterday there'd been three. I'm getting ready to go out and change the bedding. I also noticed that there was yolk on the outside of one of the eggs, so i'm pretty sure that the hen ate one.

which..is bad because these are fertile :(

any idea what happened? or how I can keep her from eating the rest of her clutch? Can chickens tell if a egg's bad?
 
Usually a thin shell causes the egg to break and then they may start eating it. That can become a habit.
What do you mean by a bad egg? A freshly laid egg can't be bad.
 
Usually a thin shell causes the egg to break and then they may start eating it. That can become a habit.
What do you mean by a bad egg? A freshly laid egg can't be bad.

I didn't mark the eggs so I don't know if the one she laid yesterday is the one that got eaten.
 

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