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Originally Posted by SharkmanDan
Do chickens KNOW which egg is their own egg, that they laid? She seemed a bit more defensive of one, than the other.
I have seen where some can tell the difference from fake plastic eggs, or golf balls. However, I've never known a hen to know one egg from another. Even size and color doesn't matter. I have some banties setting on duck eggs, and one even has 2 goose eggs she adopted.
Originally Posted by SharkmanDan
Do chickens KNOW which egg is their own egg, that they laid? She seemed a bit more defensive of one, than the other.
I have seen where some can tell the difference from fake plastic eggs, or golf balls. However, I've never known a hen to know one egg from another. Even size and color doesn't matter. I have some banties setting on duck eggs, and one even has 2 goose eggs she adopted.