Disappearing eggs!?
I tried a new laybox medium (peat moss) in a few boxes the other day. Well, I went to collect eggs from a female that had obviously just laid. She piled all the medium up in one corner and she was noticeably thinner. I pulled her out and check her underside just to be sure she wasn't carrying any eggs...and she wasn't. So, I started digging through the peat moss looking for the eggs and they were NOT there! I have no idea what happened. There weren't any feeders in the tub that could've consumed the eggs. She had to huge eggs showing yesterday and now they're gone! I'm thinking maybe she'd absorbed them and went through all the motions of laying?
In 6 seasons of collecting eggs, I've never run into this. If anyone's ever had a similar situation, I'd like to hear about it.
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