Peahen eggs

[wrsthluv]

Can I just move her eggs back onto the Matt she layer them on? They are all over a wooden porch. 7 eggs.

 

[Kiki]

Are you trying to get her to sit on them?

 

[wrsthluv]

She was sitting on them on a door Matt then earlier I went to check on her and the were scattered. We have several wild ones in our neighborhood

 

[KsKingBee]

Yes, you can fashion her a nest in the original location or very near and she should go back to the eggs.

 

[wrsthluv]

Thank you but looks like she is abandoning them. The male that watches over them is still hanging out but haven’t seen her. They would have started hatching in 1 more week.

 

[wrsthluv]

She is smaller then the other mama’s and she was laying them out in the open so I’m thinking she is new to it. Everything was off since day one. And im going on someone else’s rental property to check/feed. (Go through this every year). Not the moving of eggs though

 

[KsKingBee]

There is any number of reasons a hen will give up on a nest. The eggs could have been bad, a predator could have been harassing her, only she knows but it is still early in the season and she will probably set another nest yet this year.