We're MISSING an EGG!!!!

[Carli]

Ahhhhhhhh!!! I was re-filling Miss Broody's nesting box with filler and realized there were only ten eggs...there should be eleven. I checked my stock in the house and called the friend that got eggs this week. The egg is just gone. Will you help me figure out why? Did a predator get it? Did Miss Broody eat it? I am SOOOO bummed and freaked out!

 

[txhomegrown]

I think I would be on the lookout for a snake. At least that is the first thing that comes to mind.

 

[sonjab314]

I agree

 

[Dutchgirl]

Possums are another possibility. The hens might even have eaten it.

 

[dmiravalle]

We get skunks that like to steal eggs.

 

[sonjab314]

Was there any egg shell peices laying around? Any evidence of the egg being cracked like yolk laying there?

 

[emys]

How long has the hen been brooding them? Sometimes they toss eggs out of the nest that are no good, and the other chickens could have eaten the broken egg...

 

[Carli]

They're due to hatch on Wednesday 1/19. I just posted a new thread above. Not only are we missing one, broody broke today. Please see that thread any offer any advice if you have it!

I didn't see any egg pieces laying around. It's just gone.