Alis girls Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Having been eggless nearly all week due to one hen moulting and one either too cold, old or just not in the mood _ i found an egg in the run. Of course it was so far in had to get a cane to fish it out carefully. Wondered if it had rolled out of Eglu or someone was taken off guard " oops ooh I've laid an egg" I was happy having had no eggs all week and thinking I'd have to buy some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 One of my new ex-bats did this before she sussed out where she could "go". Bless! Pleased you got one anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohcarolina Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Mine do this every so often. If one's in the Classic nest box they'll lay on the roosting bars and then I like to think one of them must get the urge to play footbal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfer_chicken Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Sometimes mine just get lazy (especially if they're sunbathing in summer) and lay where they're sitting to avoid moving. Lazy so-and-sos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House MD 221B Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 we've had one lay in the run before, but 99.99% of the time ALWAYS in the eglu... until one day we found one behind the shed??? god knows what possessed her to go all the way round there to lay one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 We had this earlier in the year - on a couple of occasions we found an egg in the run for no apparent reason. They have to go upstairs to the nest box so it couldn't have rolled out. Either caught short or there was perhaps already a nest box resident who wasn't willing to share?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
