Predator ate the eggs! Pic added!

[MuranoFarms]

Last night I went to collect the eggs from the nest (and pull off that silly broody) and she was only sitting on 2 fresh eggs! I leave 5 marked eggs in the nest...this nest is about 3 weeks old. So we take her back to the coop and come back down with flashlights and sure enough.....we found broken egg shells about 10 feet away. I had some quitters I had pulled from the bator, so I put them in the nest with a trail cam on it. Hoping it comes back so I know what kind of trap to set. Any idea what it might have been? DH seems to think raccoon or fox.

So glad all my babies come in at night!

 

[robin416]

If this happened during the day my bet would be crows. We've watched them raid Guinea nests during the day.

 

[cracking up]

I bet Robin is right. I was leaving a couple of eggs in the nest every day and the same thing happened. I couldn't believe my dog would raid it and I know it happened in the middle of the day. I know the crows have robbed the chicken eggs but never thought about them taking the guineas eggs.

 

[FireTigeris]

I've -seen- a squirrel carry an egg off, (and climb with it) medium sized chicken egg-.

 

[tomingreeneco]

Skunks love eggs. If you trap one, be careful or you may have a smelly problem!

 

[racuda]

When that happened to me the culprit(s) was my own dogs.

 

[Sjisty]

Yup, it turned out my Aussie was eating about 7 eggs a day. He gained about 10 pounds and had a beautiful shiny coat before we discovered him!

 

[MuranoFarms]

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Well...we caught it on trail cam!
Now to set the trap...

 

[siroiszoo]

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Well...we caught it on trail cam!
Now to set the trap...

What is that!? A gigantic coon? or a small bear!? LOL?

 

[MuranoFarms]

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LOL It's a coon....and boy does he know how to avoid a trap!