Sunday Egg Suprise

[americanchicks]

Out of the 7 hens in my flock only Runt and Pebbles are laying so far. For a bit over a week now I have only been finding one egg in the coop a day, from Runt. Well I let the girls out of the coop late today and I saw Pebbles run the other direction from the flock. I saw her go underneath the overturned pond and had a feeling of what she was doing. After she came out I went to check, maybe there would be an egg or 2. There was 10! So my question is are they ok for eating? Its
been about 40-50 out. And will she continue laying there? Thanks for reading.

 

[Skipspin]

As long as she hasn't been sitting on them (other than to lay a new one every day)- which it doesn't sound like she has- they are still fine to eat. She most likely will continue laying in her secret spot, but if you take all the eggs there is a chance she could switch. It's hard to know. You could try locking her in the coop till she lays for a few days to try "retraining" her. That worked for me when my hen was sneaking off to lay in the neighbor's yard.

 

[Happy Chooks]

They should be fine - crack them individually in a bowl before using. That way if one is bad, you can tell before you add it to the others.

 

[Impress]

Use the float method if you are really worried. When you want to use those eggs, put them in a nice deep bowl and fill it with water. Fresh eggs stay on the bottom, less fresh eggs will bobble a bit, and trash eggs float on the top.

 

[coffeenutdesign]

Keep her locked in the coop for a few days to force her to lay in the nesting box and she will start laying there instead.

 

[americanchicks]

Thank you so much everyone. I went ahead and made ham omelets for dinner tonight and all the eggs where just fine. Im going to try and lock up Pebbles for a couple days and see what happens.Take care.