Eggs from roost......SPLAT!

[SimpleSonflower]

Okay, my leghorns have just started laying their first couple of eggs. The last two I found on the hen house floor smashed because you can tell she laid them from the roost. Has anyone else had this problem??? Pleassse tell me she is just figuring it out and it will go away

 

[jtbrown]

We had that happen today too, first time, kersplat. Mine have been laying since July. But one missed laying yesterday, so I assume this one snuck up on her. I don't have much experience either, so I also hope this is just an oopsie.

edited to add mine are production reds.

 

[SCmama]

Same thing happened to us this morning. We started out with 4 chickens about 6 weeks ago. They're about 12 weeks old now, and one of them turned out to be a rooster! We live in a neighborhood, so we can't have a rooster. So we went to a local farm and traded him for 2 hens yesterday. The new hens are about 7 mos old the lady said, and haven't been laying long. We went to look for eggs this morning, and there was one under the roost, cracked and leaking :-( We have next boxes set up, and have golf balls in them since we read that helps the hens know where to lay. Anyone know of anything Else that will make them lay in the boxes instead of off the roost??!!

 

[KaitlynChick55]

I've heard of people putting in fake eggs, like golf balls, and even easter eggs into nesting boxes. chickens perfer to lay in boxes that are up off of the ground also, incase yours is. Watch that your chickens don't start eating the eggs- because once they get a taste for eggs, they will most likely start breaking the eggs on purpose and eating them, leaving you with no breakfast!

and its a habit that is reallyy hard to break.