Why am I finding eggs laying around
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Nontypical Buck
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First year, young hens do this. They get the urge to lay an egg, and they do it. They haven't put together the whole nesting thing yet. A friend of mine once brought me a nest of hatched grouse eggs. Among them was a hatched turkey egg. The turkey had laid her egg in the grouse nest and apparently the grouse hatched it!
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Typical Buck
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First year, young hens do this. They get the urge to lay an egg, and they do it. They haven't put together the whole nesting thing yet. A friend of mine once brought me a nest of hatched grouse eggs. Among them was a hatched turkey egg. The turkey had laid her egg in the grouse nest and apparently the grouse hatched it!
Thank You for that information. I have a lot of them so hopefully next year they know what to do.