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Barnyard Buddies:  eggs dissapearing come hatch time?  |
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walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Megan
Paint Lick
KY
USA
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 Posted - Jul 13 2011 : 6:37:28 PM
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TWICE, the weekend I'm supposed to have a hatch, the whole nest of eggs goes missing. I KNOW it's not a predator, but I can't figure out whats happening to the eggs!!! Any ideas?
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rksmith
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rachel
Clayton
GA
USA
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Posted - Jul 13 2011 : 6:48:29 PM
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Probably a snake. They're good for that around here.
Rachel
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jul 13 2011 : 7:08:29 PM
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Megan, the same thing happens here. Very strange. I had a turkey setting on some eggs in the field. One day I just picked her up to see how many eggs she had and there were 3. A few days later one looked like it started hatching but died. Then a few days later the other 2 eggs were gone. So sad because she really wanted some little babies. I tried to egt her to set on some more in a shady spot but it didn't work. So it probably was a snake.
Kris
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
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tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2011 : 09:26:35 AM
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snakes will only eat one, maybe two every week or more (they do not eat daily)...if you are looseing an entire clutch at a time, it is something much larger getting to them, maybe fox, weasel or?
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walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl
1675 Posts
Megan
Paint Lick
KY
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2011 : 2:29:56 PM
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The coop is totally secure! Unless it can fit through chicken wire and eat 10 eggs at once!!!
Farmgirl #2879 :)
Starbucks and sushi to green fried tomatoes and corn pudding-I wouldn't change it for the world.
www.cattleandcupcakes.blogspot.com
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
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tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2011 : 4:50:17 PM
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Megan, are you finding any remains at all of the eggs, if so, it could even be one of your chickens doing it, and if so , you need to cull that one out quick, before the others follow suit, and the whole flock becomes worthless egg eaters...
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amomfly
True Blue Farmgirl
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Angie
LaGrange
IN
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2011 : 04:35:46 AM
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I had a hen that as babies would arrive she would snatch them up and ripe them apart and eat them. She was culled out and turned into chciaken bologna!
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walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Megan
Paint Lick
KY
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2011 : 2:30:22 PM
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How did you know which one she was?!?!?! I've only found ONE piece of shell, which, for all I know, could've been from an egg that was stepped on!
Farmgirl #2879 :)
Starbucks and sushi to green fried tomatoes and corn pudding-I wouldn't change it for the world.
www.cattleandcupcakes.blogspot.com
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
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tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2011 : 2:54:15 PM
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megan, look for tell tale signs on your chickens, dried yolk and whites, pieces of shell stuck on them, you can also bait them by putting a judas egg somewhere that you can see, and wait and watch, hopefuly is isn't more than one...a trick my aunt used was blowing out an egg and putting food dye inside, re-sealing the holes and seeing which chicken has now become rainbow colored...
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