I know they'll drop eggs willy-nilly until they've decided on a nest site and prefer to have a nest hidden away that we don't learn about until they go broody & don't come home one night.
Mine have a communal nest in the coop they cont to add to. I won't swear it's been added to every day this week bc it's been so hot that they're staying in the shade of the corn & I'm spending as little time outside as necessary as well. But I am still seeing new eggs when I do look, 1 brown, 1 white. Despite vowing to keep them locked up,I've been taking the risk of letting them free range bc of the heat.
2 months ago, the jumbo hen didn't come home at the end of the day. Her mate ran back & forth calling her until he threw up his wings and gave up. We could hear her, but couldn't locate her. It was a restless night, but the next a.m. at sunrise, here she came, ready to eat, & returned to the coop every night after that.
2 nights ago she did the same thing. He didn't even bother going after her, and I finally closed the coop w/o her. Same thing, next morning she was back & slept in the coop that night.
She'll be 3 in a couple of months, this is her 2nd season. So what is she doing?
Mine have a communal nest in the coop they cont to add to. I won't swear it's been added to every day this week bc it's been so hot that they're staying in the shade of the corn & I'm spending as little time outside as necessary as well. But I am still seeing new eggs when I do look, 1 brown, 1 white. Despite vowing to keep them locked up,I've been taking the risk of letting them free range bc of the heat.
2 months ago, the jumbo hen didn't come home at the end of the day. Her mate ran back & forth calling her until he threw up his wings and gave up. We could hear her, but couldn't locate her. It was a restless night, but the next a.m. at sunrise, here she came, ready to eat, & returned to the coop every night after that.
2 nights ago she did the same thing. He didn't even bother going after her, and I finally closed the coop w/o her. Same thing, next morning she was back & slept in the coop that night.
She'll be 3 in a couple of months, this is her 2nd season. So what is she doing?