Weird stuff!!!!

[FoxesFan4Ever]

Hi all,

 

OK, so I went into my loft this morning to feed etc and the mother who has been sitting one of the nests on the floor was out and about so I moved the piece of wood protecting their nest to see who the father is and both eggs are gone.

Not hatched or smashed but totally disappeared and all this after I watched one of the parents defending the nest yesterday.

There is no sign of any intruders and little possibility of that anyway so where are me flippin eggs?!?!?!

 

I can see where they may have been trodden on but to disappear completely?  Would either the parents or any of the others eat eggs?

 

Thanks in advance for the help.

[Guest pigeon82]

rats wud be my anwser cant think of anything else but if it was rats you wud notice ur birds stressed out or summit but very strange cant imagine it to be honest

[david.j]

this happened last year and this year with the same hen went in loft and nest empty but last year i found broken eggs stuck to hens underside i thought was she sitting too tight and broke them ,anyone else had this ,was gutted when it happened again this year just on monday gone

[Guest bakes]

Hi all,

 

OK, so I went into my loft this morning to feed etc and the mother who has been sitting one of the nests on the floor was out and about so I moved the piece of wood protecting their nest to see who the father is and both eggs are gone.

Not hatched or smashed but totally disappeared and all this after I watched one of the parents defending the nest yesterday.

There is no sign of any intruders and little possibility of that anyway so where are me flippin eggs?!?!?!

 

I can see where they may have been trodden on but to disappear completely?  Would either the parents or any of the others eat eggs?

 

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

could be rats or could be an egg eater seen it in aviary birds canarys and finch's eating there own eggs or other birds eggs

 

all the best.

[hotboy]

that happed in my loft 3 years ago and it was a RAT  

[REDCHEQHEN]

this happened last year and this year with the same hen went in loft and nest empty but last year i found broken eggs stuck to hens underside i thought was she sitting too tight and broke them ,anyone else had this ,was gutted when it happened again this year just on monday gone

 

This has happened a few times to me with different hens - egg broken and almost totally covered by the underbelly feathers - broken egg stuck to the bare skin of the hens

[FoxesFan4Ever]

Thanks all,

 

I am 100% sure that it isnt rats. For 1 thing there is no evidence and loft being way off the floor it would be difficult to say the least. In addition there is another hen sitting a nest on the floor and she is as calm as anything and she has eggs too so  I would guess they would go too.

Will keep an eye on things and see how it goes from here.

[Guest Owen]

magpies?

[david.j]

 

This has happened a few times to me with different hens - egg broken and almost totally covered by the underbelly feathers - broken egg stuck to the bare skin of the hens

 

yes redcheq i only discoverd eggs when they started to smell couldnt see them

[retired]

Thanks all,

 

I am 100% sure that it isnt rats. For 1 thing there is no evidence and loft being way off the floor it would be difficult to say the least. In addition there is another hen sitting a nest on the floor and she is as calm as anything and she has eggs too so  I would guess they would go too.

Will keep an eye on things and see how it goes from here.

 

Rats would do well Mandy as the loft stands high enough - Would look for evidence though - Will supply you with a ratter dog if you want though lol