Solitary chicken - need advice

[ajm200]

We've finally got our first egg!!! It's tiny and only weighs 34g (1.5 oz). It's so small that it falls through the egg skelter

 

I think Bumble is the clever girl who laid it as she's been crouching for about a fortnight but it was in the nest box at 6am so I can't be sure

 

Can anyone out there with bantams give me an idea on how long to boil it for to get a dippy egg for my son?

[meezers]

I only have old fashioned scales, so can't weigh my eggs. Both hattie and Lottie have been laying a week and are still producing little eggs - the smallest did fall through the egg skelter, so may be the same size as yours I boiled it for 3 mins exactly ( I do have a digital timer ! ) and it was a perfect soft boiled.

[superjules]

I do Yum-yum's 32g eggs for 3m30sec for perfect dippys for DD. I boil the water first and when they are done, just quickly rinse them under the cold tap for a few seconds to make sure they don't carry on cooking from the residual heat.

[ajm200]

Great, thanks. I'll give that a go. He's really excited about his dippy egg from his 'ick icks' I was worried that I'd over cook it.

[ajm200]

It turned out perfectly. Thanks for the great advice!

 

My son really enjoyed it judging by the loud yums after each mouthful and I had to grab the shell quickly when he'd finished as that was heading to his mouth too.

[superjules]

Glad he enjoyed it. First eggs are fab, but I'm always nervous of cooking them wrong!