I posted here recently about a one-year old Cayuga female with a badly injured ankle. I've been trying to nurse her back to health for about a week and a half; for the first few days after the injury, she continued laying normally, then stopped. I got one small egg (with a slightly pitted shell) from her last week. When I let her out this morning, she had THREE eggs in her nest. She's isolated, and I clean her nest daily, so I'm confident she laid all three. They're all a bit small, but otherwise appear normal.
I'm wondering how common this is, if it means anything relative to her recovery, and if there's anything that I should be doing to prevent problems. My specific concern is that carrying multiple eggs may increase her chances of becoming egg bound or otherwise stressed.
I'm wondering how common this is, if it means anything relative to her recovery, and if there's anything that I should be doing to prevent problems. My specific concern is that carrying multiple eggs may increase her chances of becoming egg bound or otherwise stressed.
