Last Sunday I got back from vacation, had a good time, and all my birds were fine. The people looking after them said they were averaging 3 eggs a day from my four pullets. This seemed reasonable so I didn't think anything of it. On Monday I found out that one of my EEs had hidden her eggs, I found her laying a new egg on a huge pile of eggs in the greenhouse/shed. When she was finished I pulled out 15 eggs, almost one for each day we were gone. Yummy dinner!
The problem, I haven't found any eggs since Monday. She isn't broody, but has changed her laying place several times since she started laying. Yesterday, I shut everyone up in the run in an attempt to get her to lay where I could find the eggs; but when we came back home she was the only one out, over the 5 1/2 ft fence. They usually have the whole backyard, and she thought she was in chicken jail. She is an evil crafty devil, and I need some advice on where to look for her eggs. We've quartered the entire yard several times and haven't found any. Could she have suddenly stopped laying? Would she leave the yard to lay eggs? Our back fence is only 3 ft, but no one has ever gone over it. How high would she go to find a secure place? Each place she has chosen to lay has been low. The last place was about 10 inches square, on pea gravel, under a couple of sawhorses. She has only used the nest box once or twice, all the other birds use them
This is driving me nuts. I can't stand being outsmarted by a bird!
Karen
The problem, I haven't found any eggs since Monday. She isn't broody, but has changed her laying place several times since she started laying. Yesterday, I shut everyone up in the run in an attempt to get her to lay where I could find the eggs; but when we came back home she was the only one out, over the 5 1/2 ft fence. They usually have the whole backyard, and she thought she was in chicken jail. She is an evil crafty devil, and I need some advice on where to look for her eggs. We've quartered the entire yard several times and haven't found any. Could she have suddenly stopped laying? Would she leave the yard to lay eggs? Our back fence is only 3 ft, but no one has ever gone over it. How high would she go to find a secure place? Each place she has chosen to lay has been low. The last place was about 10 inches square, on pea gravel, under a couple of sawhorses. She has only used the nest box once or twice, all the other birds use them
This is driving me nuts. I can't stand being outsmarted by a bird!
Karen
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