Hidden Eggs

 

Road Runner, our Araucana hen, had never once laid an egg in the nest box.  We figured she must be laying them somewhere in the yard, but we had never come across an egg.  The thing about Road Runner is that she would promptly  leave the coop at dawn through the roof and return at dusk.  

The roof had been on for 20 years, but time had taken its toll, and this past winter the snows had burdened it too much.  Two sections of roof had caved in. Road Runner decided that it was the perfect door for her.  Of all the chickens we have had, she is our best flier!(In a manner of speaking)

When we fixed the roof this weekend we discovered her nest.  Wedged between a blue tarp and the chicken wire on the outside of the coop, we found 21 eggs!  Their color had faded from a pale aqua to almost white. 

Now that the roof is fixed, we find an aqua colored egg in the nest box daily.  She is definitely a good layer.