Hi guys. Have a small problem with my breeding pair. The hen has so far laid five eggs. Today I came home to find one egg on the floor of the cage outside the nest box with the top broken off. It was empty with some blood inside. When I inspected the pair I found the cock, who is white, to have yellow egg yolk around his mouth. I dont know why this happened and dont want it to continue so I took the cock out of the cage and into another cage. The first egg is due to hatch in around 2 weeks. Will the hen be okay on her own from here? Is there something else I should do, this is their second clutch this season and the first went fine no problems.Since posting the first post about 5 mins ago I went outside to check the birds and found the hen has tossed out another egg from the nest box. Its still okay and I put it back in the box. I dont know what to do, its very strange behaviour.

Edited March 10, 200916 yr by wessiri

Put a plastic egg or marbel in the nest. They will get frustrated in trying to break it and hopefully stop.

I've done this a couple of times it worked then.

Edited March 10, 200916 yr by Daz