Ruskie Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 For the last few weeks Ginger has been laying very early, pre-6.45 which is when we open the door up. All lovely eggs, but seemingly getting bigger all the time and averaging around 75g now and hardly a missed day in months. Then about 10 days ago we started finding them laid on the roosting bars instead of in the nestbox - but still lovely eggs in size, shape etc. Yesterday we bought a china clay egg and put it in the nestbox thinking it might encourage her back in to lay. But this morning he china egg was on the bars and there was only yolk in the nest under the straw with no sign of any shell though. Is that a coincidence? She's not laid anything other than 'proper' eggs since she started egg laying in May. And she must have pushed the china egg out when she sat in the nest box - was that a sign she was cross/upset and did that then cause the shell-less egg? We won't put it in tonight. Update: I posted this yesterday on the 'eggs' section but no-one's replied yet. Last night we didn't put the china egg in and this morning had a proper egg from Ginger - but again all mucky as it was on the roosting bars. Why is she doing this - any ideas appreciated please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
