Lola! Update;found 17 more! What were you thinking!!!

[noodleroo]

I saw Lola come out from under the passion vine by the fence today singing the egg song. Low and behold, she had a perfectly hidden nest with 12 eggs! How in the world did I miss those? I just thought she was taking a break from laying! LOL I brought the eggs in and I'll keep them separate from the 'more timely gathered' eggs. I'll just break each one into a cup before using. I guess they'll be ok as long as they are cooked, right?

 

[SkyWarrior]

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I'd float test each one to be sure. Put each in water -- if they float, they're no good.

 

[noodleroo]

Thanks, I forgot about that. I guess I figured that our temps have been not too hot lately but I have no idea which are the older eggs! I still can't believe that I missed these in my own backyard!

 

[SkyWarrior]

Easy to do when they free range.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Sneaky girl.

 

[noodleroo]

We obviously haven't used the weed eater in a while...

 

[SkyWarrior]

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I can just imagine egg all over when the weed eater hits the nest!

 

[noodleroo]

So today, Lola was sitting under the passion vine again...but not where I found the other nest! She had started another one and it had 17 eggs! Somebody else must have laid there too sometimes. I checked the entire length of the vine (this time) and I'm pretty sure that's all. I tested each egg in water and only one (of the 29) floated! I still can't believe I didn't see either hiding place...

 

[SkyWarrior]

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Your hens have been busy!

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Oh my! One of my hens sings the egg song near a corner of our house. I am going to have to investigate the bushes there after reading this!!!

Congrats on finding the eggs before too many of them had gone bad!