O.K aoxa and bobbieschicks heres what happened this morning the morning after the escape egg-
, I'm pretty annoyed/sad at the moment, i went down this morning to check on my broody and only found 8 eggs under her when i originally had 11??? The only thing i can think of is one of the other hens has gone in there and broken some and then the broody and the other hen have eaten them, my hens love eggs, but they dont peck them open on purpose. So now I've put her into lock down by closing of the whole nesting area with some water and food, so none of the other hens can get in, they will just have to lay in the buckets of straw i have left out for them. If there are any other suggestions you have on what has gone down here I'm all ears.
Yes they might break open eggs that aren't viable and either make a mess or eat them. Sometimes other things will come and get the eggs when we aren't around. Putting her in lockdown will help reduce the likelihood of one of the other chickens eating her eggs. But if she was the one breaking them - they will still disappear. I've had my broodies crush the eggs that were spoiled. I'd find the crushed stinky egg in the nest near them.
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