andymospit Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Good news, my miss pepperpot laid her first egg this afternoon, however it's shell is soft, is this normal for a first time layer ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Congratulations Andy! yes it is quite normal for them to lay a few softies at first until they get into the swing of things. I'm sure she will lay 'proper' eggs soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Congratulations on your first egg...won't be long wil you get a hard shelled one and are doing the infamous Egg Dance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HasSumAmi Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Can you eat a soft shelled egg? We're still waiting for our "first"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymospit Posted March 16, 2008 Author Share Posted March 16, 2008 Can you eat a soft shelled egg?We're still waiting for our "first"... I'm not sure wether you can or not.be patient the eggs will come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HasSumAmi Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 be patient the eggs will come. I'm patient as we were told they would be at least 5 or 6 weeks before they started to lay. Their comb and wattles are getting bigger, but still small, and they are not crouching yet. DH definitely thinks they should be earning their keep and keeps threatening to roast them. This makes our youngest daughter very cross, so he says it even more as he thinks she's really funny when she gets cross! (I have to confess she really IS very funny when she gets cross!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 DH definitely thinks they should be earning their keep and keeps threatening to roast them. This makes our youngest daughter very cross How old is your daughter? Perhaps it's time to teach her a few Wiles? In this case, maybe she should agree that they should be roasted if they don't start laying. If necessary, she could then gol on to asking questions such as "So, how would you kill them?", "How do you get the feathers off?" "What do you do with their insides". One word of caution though. Many many years ago my very young cousin couldn't say the word "pyjamas", he used to call them "japamas". I helped him to say the proper word, and regretted it ever since, as Japamas was such a lovely word. I use it myself now, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HasSumAmi Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 How old is your daughter? Perhaps it's time to teach her a few Wiles? She's six and quite wiley enough!! She's the youngest and has us all wrapped around her little finger! Love the Japamas! I still remember my son's ong gu (orange juice) and app loo (apple juice). So lovely when they mix up words! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
