The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: waddy on July 15, 2015, 01:15:21 pm
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A stack of a dozen under the coop! I have looked there before as I have seen them going in and out and found none but the girls must have been scoping it out. I noticed a chook under there looking like she had started sitting and had another look. I shall try floating them to find and use the freshest and break into a separate bowl to check them before cooking.
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Helen
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Keep having that problem .... find one lot then they up sticks to another 'safe ' location which takes me another 2 weeks to locate!! (Ducks even worse as they forage (and nest) over 2 acres!
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Hmm - I so wish they wouldn't do that. Found one outdoor clutch (the dogs found it, and ate half the eggs), but no hen sitting, one hen missing. Smug fox :rant: Our oldest hen is broody at the moment (sitting on nothing) inside the henhouse. Safe - maybe that's why she's survived so long :chook:
Now I've spotted a tunnel at the base of a stack of old hay, hen sized, well worn. No hens missing, but I think they may be laying in there for the day someone decides to sit. It's one of those places which requires contortions, standing on your head, and a torch to see inside - aha, a job for Mr F.
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[quote author=Fleecewife - aha, a job for Mr F.
I hope you meant your OH....not the fox! ;) .
I've had the same problem with my geese - most lay in their houses, but a few get very creative with new sites to lay eggs in, varying from place to place as the fancy takes them ::) . I think I've finally sussed out all their 'spots', but you never know......... :) .
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My 10 laying hens have 5 nest boxes but they ALL want to lay ( very often at the same time) in only one of them ::) And that is just an old Tupperware box on the floor of the hen-house!
Poor husband is quite offended that they ignore his beautiful carpentry.
Who knows the secret of the chicken mind!