Hens attitude towards the eggs

[Chicken6000]

We have had a hen laying eggs for the past 5 days, recently we took the eggs out and she was freaking out once she realized the nesting box was empty, Is this normal behavior? She was stressing out over that

Is there any way to stop this? I don't want her to continue laying eggs while stressing on weather or not her eggs will be taken

 

[Kiki]

Chickens lay eggs...it's what they do.
Can you collect eggs every day?

 

[The Moonshiner]

What was she doing/ how was she acting?
Is she acting broody?

 

[Gax000]

Do you have a “fake “ egg in the box? If not, try leaving a golf ball or fake egg in the box so she thinks you aren’t taking all of her eggs

 

[Chicken6000]

What was she doing/ how was she acting?
Is she acting broody?

She was mad and confused at everyone, the flock and the rooster, she was like that because of no eggs (I took them earlier that day), I put one back In there to see what happened and then she calmed down and inspected the egg, she was definitely confused. She ended up laying another In there

 

[Chicken6000]

Chickens lay eggs...it's what they do.
Can you collect eggs every day?

Yes I can, I'm just wondering If it was normal for her to respond that way

 

[Gax000]

Yes I can, I'm just wondering If it was normal for her to respond that way

I dont think it is unusual. One of my hens (a Welsummer) was really upset when I took all the golf balls out of the nests, probably because she thought I stole all her eggs. I put the golf balls back after cleaning them and she calmed down.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Yes I can, I'm just wondering If it was normal for her to respond that way

Yes it's normal, because to a chicken seeing all the eggs disappear from a location means it's not a safe spot to lay in anymore. It does no harm leaving 1 fake egg in nest boxes at all times so they always see it as an indicator of a nest site being used and thus safe.