My cockerel is kept separate from the hens.
We have 3 enclosures for the chickens and he is kept in one of them. We have 3 hen houses, 1 in each of the enclosures.
I've 2 broody hens at the moment. They are both shut in different houses. One is kept shut in by herself all of the time and the other is shut in by herself during the day, but at night the cockerel goes in with her.
All of the other hens go into the 3rd house at the moment.
Anyway, Yokey the cockerel is shut in 1 of the enclosures and shut out of the hen house for the day. There is also a mini house in his enclosure for him to shelter in if it rains.
Last night we went to take him out of the mini house to put him in the hen house with broody Rosie, when we found an egg in the mini house
![ohmy :ohmy:](https://chat.allotment-garden.org/Smileys/green/ohmy.gif)
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The egg can't possibly be Rosie's because she has been broody for approx. 2 weeks and has been shut in the hen house all the time.
No other hens are in that enclosure.
I'm really confused
![wacko :wacko:](https://chat.allotment-garden.org/Smileys/green/wacko.gif)
. Has anyone got any ideas on how on earth there was an egg in the mini house?
![Huh ???](https://chat.allotment-garden.org/Smileys/green/huh.gif)
Our enclosures all have chicken wire roofs, so it's not an egg from a passing bird who decided to nest in the mini house.
My local chicken breeder said she once had a cockerel who started to lay eggs.
This is probably a really weird question, but could Yokey be turning into a hen??
There's probably a very good explanation to why the egg was in there, but I can't figure it out.