Sarah B Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 YAY!!!!! At last my little Tikka has laid her first egg I'm so proud of her, it's 49g perfectly formed and a dark brown colour, and it was in the nest I thought she was going to lay today because just before I went to work she went into the Eglu on her own and she never does that. Even better (if it could be better) it's also my first 2 egg day! I'm so pleased that Madras who lays later in the morning didn't kick Tikka's egg out of the nest or eat it, so what a lucky girl I was coming home this evening and finding 2 perfect eggs in the nestbox!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindyloodles Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 annie (Miss P) and margaret (GN) arrived on 29th march, with anne being a lot bigger than Margaret. She still is, and has just delivered her sixth egg in 6 days. The eggs seem to be getting bigger by about half a millimetre per day - haven't got metric scales so haven't bothered weighing - but are much smaller than the last of the eggs I bought locally. Margaret's comb is still pale pink and although she is catching up sizewise, she just seems to act like a young skittish teenager to anne's matronly patrolling so I am guessing a few more weeks yet before she starts to lay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarabelle Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 Well done Tikka!! Great to know that her narcolepsy or whatever it is hasn't stopped her from laying. I'm surprised at how brown Annie's eggs are compared to Clarabel's. It's really handy as it means we can tell the eggs apart. Our egg stats are showing that Annie's eggs are generally a tad smaller than Clarabel's, but the yolks are really bright yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah B Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Well done Tikka!! Great to know that her narcolepsy or whatever it is hasn't stopped her from laying. I'm surprised at how brown Annie's eggs are compared to Clarabel's. It's really handy as it means we can tell the eggs apart. Our egg stats are showing that Annie's eggs are generally a tad smaller than Clarabel's, but the yolks are really bright yellow. Thanks! Yes Tikkas eggs are much browner than Madras's I would take a pic but my phone is broken S xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilda-and-evadne Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 YAY!!!!! At last my little Tikka has laid her first egg I'm so proud of her, it's 49g perfectly formed and a dark brown colour, and it was in the nest ... Hurrah - sounds as if it was worth the wait! Congratulations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah B Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 We got our first egg this morning!!! I think it's from Bumble as she's been crouching for 2 weeks. It's so tiny that it falls through the egg skelter Congrats on your first egg!!!!!!!! Bless it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah B Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 YAY!!!!! At last my little Tikka has laid her first egg I'm so proud of her, it's 49g perfectly formed and a dark brown colour, and it was in the nest ... Hurrah - sounds as if it was worth the wait! Congratulations Thanks Rachel, I'm very proud again S xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Hooray! At last! It's been on my mind, and she's not even my chicken! Dolce's eggs are a lot browner than Bella's. There are photos of them in the gallery under "redhotchick" if you want to compare the colour of them with Tikka and Madras' Eggs. May you have lots of 2 egg days to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah B Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Hooray! At last! It's been on my mind, and she's not even my chicken! Dolce's eggs are a lot browner than Bella's. There are photos of them in the gallery under "redhotchick" if you want to compare the colour of them with Tikka and Madras' Eggs. May you have lots of 2 egg days to come. Thanks Cathy, I was starting to wonder if she would lay I think it was all the eggy vibes. I will have a look at your egg pics to compare! S xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Well done Tikka! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Yay, we had 3 eggs yesterday so we now know they're all laying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckov Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 YAY!!!!! At last my little Tikka has laid her first egg I'm so proud of her, it's 49g perfectly formed and a dark brown colour, and it was in the nest Well done Tikka, we all knew she'd get there in the end! She was obviously just waiting for Madras to show her how it's done! Good weight too for a first egg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 First 2 egg day! Clever girls Fifi and Bumble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 well ebony is definatly crouching today, amber sort of and Ruby no way. both Amber and Ebony have lovely red wattles and combs, come on girls you can do it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Ooh how exciting BarbaraJ Hopefully your girls first egg will be along very soon, mine seemed to be using the nestbox as a toilet so I put a golf ball in to try and stop them and got an egg a couple of days later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah B Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Yay, we had 3 eggs yesterday so we now know they're all laying Congrats!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah B Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 First 2 egg day! Clever girls Fifi and Bumble You will have loads of eggs soon!!!!! Come on those girls!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
