Egg yolk on eggs - sign of internal laying?

[austradork]

I'm kind of stressing here. This evening I noticed a bit of dried yolk stuck on the outside of an egg. Does this mean somebody is an "internal layer" or whatever?

 

[pips&peeps]

No, it probably means one of your hens is eating eggs.

 

[M To The Maxx]

pips&peeps :

No, it probably means one of your hens is eating eggs.

I agree.​

 

[Chicken.Lytle]

In my case, I found egg yolk on the ceramic bait egg due to an egg-eating hen.

 

[austradork]

pips&peeps :

No, it probably means one of your hens is eating eggs.

I didn't see any broken shells or anything. Is it possible that a hen has been eating eggs, shells and all?​

 

[DAS]

Yes, they will eat the shells as well.

 

[Minniechickmama]

I don't think that this instantly means a hen is intentionally eating eggs. What I mean by that is that if an egg happens to get broken, or say is a soft shelled eggs and it happens to break to where the chickens see it, they will eat it. I don't call them egg eaters because if I drop one and they see it they will all come and gobble it up. So, I think it is possible that this COULD be the case. But, yes, it could be that you have an egg eater - one that intentionally goes after eggs just to eat them.