andrewhelen Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 (edited) Hi, Charlie our Miss Peppepot laid her first eggs last Friday - two fairly soft shelled ones, then on Sunday she laid a hard shelled egg. Today though there were again two eggs in the poop tray one was broken (soft) and the other felt like a water filled balloon. Any thoughts? Is this normal. Is it likely that Charlie will be laying two in a day? Our Gingernut ranger appears to immature to lay - her comb an wattles are definitely not red I have started adding abowl of crushed oyster shells to their run Anything else i should/can do or should I just wait and they'll sort themselves out? edit - since the first five eggs (last one on Tuesday) we have had nothing. Again Am I worrying unduly? Edited July 10, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 It is early days yet, and there are often a few blips to start with. The oystershell is a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 This may be some reassurance ... We have a Miss P and GR, As with you Miss P was the more mature and started laying a week before GR. After the first week we had a total of three softies amongst normal ones from her. I posted a few queries on here which all said that it is perfectly normal when their systems are starting up. I ground up baked egg shells into their mash and everything has been fine since. I am sure we will get a few more but I really don't think that it is anything to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewhelen Posted July 14, 2008 Author Share Posted July 14, 2008 Thanks all, I was of course worrying unduly We have now had an egg a day from Charlie, one being a fantastic double yoker. They are on the small side at the moment, but i am sure they will get bigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
