Pro - Does anyone else's nest boxes get soaked in rain?

[Chickensinthecity]

It seems that posting on this forum has started a chain of magical events!

 

I posted about the lack of 'white' in the eggs my 3 hens were laying and wondered whether my 'Chessie' would lay again after being traumatised in a fox attack in September. I was hoping to take a photo of one of the eggs, fried, to show you, but since then.....

 

• Every egg has had a 'proper' amount of white, yolks are still a good size but now instead of about 1cm of white around a fried egg there is 2-2.5 cm - i'm not complaining, but i'm not doing anything different either. So I haven't uploaded a fried egg!

 

• It appears that Chessie has started laying - her wattles and comb are nice and red and a couple of times recently i've had 3 eggs instead of the usual 1 or 2.

 

• But saving the best till last,.

• Yesterday I collected 1 egg (which was still warm and slightly wet) at 8.00 am. I put it in a new egg box in the fridge. At 4.00 pm I collected a further 3 eggs- how can this be possible, i've only got 3 hens? I've read that it takes 25 hours to make an egg. All of the eggs are a good size, between 60-63g. The only unusual thing is that one egg has a small hole in the top where the shell has been pushed in, but not removed. The membrane etc is intact, not leaking. Is this a sign of egg pecking?

i've put a picture of it here: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=542199&l=eb0b005217&id=1647414449

I know it shouldn't be possible to lay 2 eggs in a day, but it seems it is! Thoughts please!

[Valkyrie]

When our buff started she managed 2 a day sometimes - I think it happens until they get themselves sorted.

[mostin]

Sometimes my girls "hold on" to one over night and lay it first thing the next morning,and then lay another one that day .