Just for general information. I bumped a hen off her nest in Carroll County on Sunday. I am thinking that it is a little early for a nest with 12 eggs.
Or lost the nest to wet and cold conditions. Another terrible Spring leads to the declining numbersThe vast majority of breeding has taken place by the tome our season comes in. This varies across the state, but at this point every hen in Ohio should have a nest. Some are probably on their second nest after losing the first to predators.
Last year I stumbled into a hen with her twelve small (Puff Balls) polts in the third week of the spring turkey season.Last yr I bumped a hen off a nest a few days before season even started and it had 12 eggs .
I think some of them start laying ealier than we think .