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In the Brooder
One of my new girls (acquired this past spring) has been laying since the end of September, and occasionally I would find one of her eggs in the coop rather than the nest box. This past week, she's left eggs there 4 days in a row, and my main concern is that the shells often crack when they fall from the height of the roost. I've been trying to figure out why she's periodically going back into the coop and laying from the roost, but this morning I found evidence to support one of my alternate hypotheses. Her egg in the coop had a big giant "sleep" poop right on top of it. So she laid it at night, or so early in the morning that the coop door had not yet opened ("Pullet Shut" on an electric eye).
I know that shell-less eggs are often laid at night, I imagine they just fall out of the chicken without warning. But a normal egg? And days in a row? She typically uses the nest box until there are these weird coop laying interludes. Anyone else ever had their chickens lay normal hard shelled eggs at night, more often than once or twice a year?
I know that shell-less eggs are often laid at night, I imagine they just fall out of the chicken without warning. But a normal egg? And days in a row? She typically uses the nest box until there are these weird coop laying interludes. Anyone else ever had their chickens lay normal hard shelled eggs at night, more often than once or twice a year?