Found cracked egg under roost??

[chicknbuns]

I just recently moved my girls to a much larger new coop and the seem to be finally getting adjusted to it. I aslo have 2 rabbits and a seperate hutch for them in the same run. My girls sometimes lay their eggs in the rabbit hutch but I am trying to get them to use their new nest box. I found one egg in the nest box yesterday

. This morning when i went to clean the coop their was a broken egg right underneath the roost??? I think one of them laid an egg while sitting up there? Anyone else have this happen? Did it continue? Thanks for your help!

 

[patman75]

It happens. No big deal. I used to have some when they were younger. I haven't had it happen in a while.

 

[chicknbuns]

Thank you PatMan!

 

[2DogsFarm]

My littlest hen (8mos) does this every now & then - it's like she can't quite make it to the nestbox

She's a very early morning layer - usually before 7A.
Today I caught her "in the act" when I opened the coop to feed at 6A

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

It happens rarely.

 

[sunnyvera]

One of my young pullets (6 mos. old) laid an egg under the roost. We found it the next day by mistake. No shell at all, just membrane. It was really cool feeling, like a water balloon. It went int the compost pile. Suprising it did not break from the height of the roost, approx. 2 feet. Never happened again.