Eggs

[Gypsy Rose]

Thanks, not knowing how old the eggs are I didn't want to crack the egg of a developing chick.

 

[FrostRanger]

Thanks, not knowing how old the eggs are I didn't want to crack the egg of a developing chick.

If you're worried you can candle the eggs but I strongly doubt they're viable. I'd just toss them, given the heat and that you don't know how long they've been sitting they're most likely rotten

 

[BigBlueHen53]

My advice is to build a run around the coop, a nice good-sized yard they can hang out in during the day if you don't already have one. I would keep them confined in the run for about two weeks until they learned to lay their eggs in the nests in the coop. That way you can gether the eggs every day and have nice fresh eggs to eat. After they have learned to lay in the nests, then you can let them free range again, and they should keep laying in the nests. I usually let mine out to free range around noon.

By letting them lay eggs all over the place, raccoons and opossums may start coming around to steal the eggs - and then they may decide to start having chicken dinner as well.