Never saw this before!

[valewife]

My birds free-range during the day and I collect their eggs from their two nests each day.
One hen started a new nest in brush and high grass. I followed her to find the new nest and saw her come running out of the brush carrying an egg in her beak. She ran into the yard where she dropped the egg. The tom ate it before I could reach them.
Today I found an eaten egg in the yard and checked the other nest spot where another hen is laying. It was sticky with egg goo so obviously that's where the egg came from.
I know the hens look for safer nestsites if their eggs keep 'disappearing'
but is it comman for hens to pick up and move eggs ?

 

[Birdlife99]

Hi
We have problems with crows pinching our eggs, and our flock have made two nests in some old pipes in our yard. Your chickens have obviously felt that their eggs would be at risk in the normal nesting box. They have moved the nest and are trying to protect their eggs by relocating them. Try to find out exactly what is causing the chickens to move their nest ( by watching to see what takes the eggs ) and search the website for a way to stop it from getting the eggs. I hope this helps

 

[valewife]

I'm sorry that I was not clear- this is my turkey hen.
They nest in the overgrown brush and shrubs near my house.
I saw the turkey hen pick up an egg in her beak. She took it from her new nest and carried it into the yard, approximately 200 ft away.

 

[Scottingitup]

Hens know when an egg is "bad" and will remove it from their nest sometimes.