millymollymandy Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Hi I just need some reasurance my girls are ok. After a horribly windy night where it kept even me awake I went to check on my girls and there was a broken egg in the poo tray and none in the nest box. The were making a racket when i went to let them out of the eglu into the run because of the howling wind. Do you think they could have just knocked the egg and then stood on it or could it be something else? I know someone has probably asked this already but got to go to work and not got time to find it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I wouldn't worry, the wind MAY have unsettled them, but my ex bats know where the nest box is & now and again did one on the bars,, it maight have been thin shelled & sl;ipped through or got trodden on. If ther is need to worry our experts will soon say, but I don't think so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helenmb Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 If I have ever found an egg in the poo tray then it has always had some kind of dodgy shell, either very thin or a wobbly one. I think that what happens (but I will stand to be corrected) is that the hen doesn't 'lay' it like a normal egg and passes it more like poo therefore it drops into the tray instead. I'm sure its just a little glitch with one of them that day, but if it does happen again take a good look at it to see if it is a shell-less or thin shelled one as they might need some extra calcium like Limestone Flour to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Ebony always used to lay her eggs on the bars and if they were small enough they would fall through into the poo tray, she then went broody and found the nestbox , she always lays in there now. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikey Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I wouldn't worry mine have done a few like that and as helenmb says they have always had some kind of dodgy shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruth1 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Its happened to me a couple of times in the last few weeks as Gytha has started to lay, she sits in the nestbox for ages then comes out and drops an egg in the run or on the bars( who knows why) thankfully however she leaves them in the nestbox most of the time . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
