Sneaky hens!

[mygoat]

I know I have hens that hide eggs from me. Silly me didn't notice that hens were laying in a barrel I have on my milkroom table - it's a cat bed that the barn cats use in the wintertime. Though I stand less than a foot away several times per day, I didn't notice the accumulating numbers of eggs in the barrel. I finally noticed when a hen went broody there, because she growled at me from the barrel. The darned RIR hen that went broody is a hen from this spring that probably hasn't been laying for more than 3 weeks.

She's VICIOUS about those eggs, too! I took the eggs (I do NOT need chicks hatching outside in late November!) and she was sure to bite me a few times for my trouble.

[katydidagain]

I haven't yet found any hidden. Yet...

[Cyngbaeld]

I have 4 chicks in the bathroom that one of the game hens just hatched. Anyone need any chicks?

[The Bunny Ranch]

My chickens hide eggs from me all the time. For some reason they like to lay on the pile and "bawk" at me when I come to take them away. I've had my fair share of pecks also. Until finally I gave up and started scooping the hens up with an old hearth shovel.