One of my hens has the dropsies....

[nuthatched]

Hi all,
IN the past 2 weeks, I've found 4 or 5 eggs laying on the ground in the run or coop.
Does the hen get interrupted or does the urge hit her suddenly?
Thank you

 

[crazychicken-chickk]

Hi all,
IN the past 2 weeks, I've found 4 or 5 eggs laying on the ground in the run or coop.
Does the hen get interrupted or does the urge hit her suddenly?
Thank you

one of my hens is surely strange! She gets halfway done laying then finishes it in the run.

 

[crazychicken-chickk]

Hi all,
IN the past 2 weeks, I've found 4 or 5 eggs laying on the ground in the run or coop.
Does the hen get interrupted or does the urge hit her suddenly?
Thank you

I bet they just get interrupted.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Some possibilities (not sure if this is a new layer or not):
- Newer layer that doesn't know where to lay
- Newer layer that's confused about what's going on, and leaving the nest before she's laid
- If egg has heavy bloom, it can actually stick to the hen's behind and get "carried" out of the nest. Once the bloom dries enough the egg will fall wherever the bird happens to be.

 

[nuthatched]

Some possibilities (not sure if this is a new layer or not):
- Newer layer that doesn't know where to lay
- Newer layer that's confused about what's going on, and leaving the nest before she's laid
- If egg has heavy bloom, it can actually stick to the hen's behind and get "carried" out of the nest. Once the bloom dries enough the egg will fall wherever the bird happens to be.

This morning I witnessed my Lorp get up with a egg stuck to her fluff, lol, so I'm guessing that you're correct! Thank you for your input!

 

[rosemarythyme]

This morning I witnessed my Lorp get up with a egg stuck to her fluff, lol, so I'm guessing that you're correct! Thank you for your input!

You can trim off a bit of her butt fluff to make it a little less likely to "stick" as layers with heavy bloom tend to keep that trait.