- Dec 13, 2010
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I ran a few searches for this but only found one similar question in the middle of a huge unrelated thread and it wasn't really answered. One of our girls must lay particularly sticky eggs, for at least twice she's jumped out of the nest box with an egg stuck to her rump. DW actually watched it happen once and grabbed it before it fell. Two other times we've found eggs below the boxes (one broken, one intact). We're new at this, and have felt the slight dampness/stickiness on freshly laid eggs, and wonder if there's anything tht can be done to keep her from carrying them out with her. Trimming those feathers back there might help, but would be involved and she might not like it. Or maybe we just leave it, since it's only the occasional egg that it happens to.
Anyone else have this problem? Thanks very much!
Don (3 each RIR, BO, BR, and EE)
Anyone else have this problem? Thanks very much!
Don (3 each RIR, BO, BR, and EE)