Guest Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 from one of my new ex-batts - not sure which one - but looks like the kind of nonsense that Miss Marple might do! Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Gosh - how very pretty. Are you going to keep it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Oooh, I've heard of this - it's called a thumbprint egg, but I don't know what causes it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 now you put a name to it - I looked it up! fascinating.... this article gives several causes of egg-blemishes and several types, including: Rough Shelled Eggs In some cases, two eggs may be in the shell gland at the same time and this can cause a form of rough shelled egg often referred to as a ‘target’ or ‘thumb-print’ type. This problem can also result in ‘slab-sided’ eggs. There are other types of rough shelled eggs, including those with pimples or a sandpaper-type texture. Bird health and age often affect the incidence of this. rest can be found here: http://www.defra.gov.uk/foodrin/poultry/pdfs/eggqual.pdf Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Thanks for that Phil, very interesting! That explains the two odd blue eggs I found the other day! Found one in the run, but not sure who had laid it - it was Ruby's shape and colour but hers are normally glossy and this was very rough shelled. Later on in the day, Ruby definitely laid - a large, glossy, slab sided egg! I assumed it was Bambi who laid the egg in the run, but she laid very early the next day indicating that she'd just had a day off Looking at Phil's info it looks like Ruby laid two in one day! Very pretty egg Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Wow! One of our ex batts has laid them, I didn't know they ahd a name! We get less duff ones now and their shells have thickened up. MRs Bertie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayflower Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 From my ex bats that I collected last night, our second egg was a sort of tie dyed. At the top dark brown fading into almost white. Quite pretty really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Prada has just laid one of these thumbprint eggs - in the middle of the decking Hope she's okay, there was no reason for her not to go back to the nest box so I assume she was just caught short!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
