tootikki Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Following first posting (with newbie worries about bullying and yellow poo!) Tilly and Siggy have settled down and are now best of friends and to top everything we had our first 2 today (22 wks minus 2 days!) - they are perfect in everyway! Just got to decide whether to fry, boil or scramble now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Congratulations . Those first eggs are really special - hope you enjoy them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootikki Posted October 9, 2008 Author Share Posted October 9, 2008 Thank you. Yeah - they know they are special - right now they are sitting on a cushion in the middle of the sitting room - looking smug! My partner is away right now so I've had to promise to keep them safe until tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 You'll fit in here quite nicely if you're soppy enough to put your eggs on a cushion . Make sure you take photos of them, weigh them and write the date and name of layee on them . I'm not joking, BTW, it's mandatory! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerbluebadger Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Well done!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Sorry bit late but congratulations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helenmb Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Lucky you Two of my new girls have layed today but only 1 egg is useable (and that is a torpedo one) as the other was a softie. Hopefully they will settle down in a few days No treats I think to make sure they get all the required nutrient! Hope they taste lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffiebantam Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Lucky you Two of my new girls have layed today but only 1 egg is useable (and that is a torpedo one) as the other was a softie. Hopefully they will settle down in a few days No treats I think to make sure they get all the required nutrient! Hope they taste lovely Hi I am a newbie to the forum so if this is the wrong place to post please excuse My girls are 6 months old and still not laying - I have read here not to feed treats? They are pretty spoilt - so should I lay off treats until they lay and hope some eggs may come? I have three bantams - Many thanks any advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Hi I am a newbie to the forum so if this is the wrong place to post please excuse My girls are 6 months old and still not laying - I have read here not to feed treats? They are pretty spoilt - so should I lay off treats until they lay and hope some eggs may come? I have three bantams - Many thanks any advice. I know it's difficult, but feed no treats at all, only their layers pellets for a few weeks. They will sulk for a couple of days and may even ignore the pellets, but they will eat them when they are hungry enough. That should kick start them into laying. If even that doesn't work after a couple of weeks then they may need worming. Good luck, and don't them them guilt you into giving them treats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Welcome to the forum, Buffiebantam . Are your girls crouching at all? And how do their combs and wattles look? Two of my girls were 28 weeks old and and one was 40 weeks (after laying 10 tiny eggs at 21 wks then stopping for months ) before they started laying. You'll just have to be patient (but limiting treats is good advice in the meantime!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffiebantam Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Welcome to the forum, Buffiebantam . Are your girls crouching at all? And how do their combs and wattles look? Two of my girls were 28 weeks old and and one was 40 weeks (after laying 10 tiny eggs at 21 wks then stopping for months ) before they started laying. You'll just have to be patient (but limiting treats is good advice in the meantime!) Great thanks for both of your advice. It is so hard not to give them treats as yes they are ignoring their pellets as they know I have better food. Their combs are red and bright, so I know that is good news, not sure about crouching. They did prefer the layers pellets to the growers so I will change back to layers. I don't mind having no eggs as just watching them gives all alot of joy - eggs just would be a bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffiebantam Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Hi I am a newbie to the forum so if this is the wrong place to post please excuse My girls are 6 months old and still not laying - I have read here not to feed treats? They are pretty spoilt - so should I lay off treats until they lay and hope some eggs may come? I have three bantams - Many thanks any advice. I know it's difficult, but feed no treats at all, only their layers pellets for a few weeks. They will sulk for a couple of days and may even ignore the pellets, but they will eat them when they are hungry enough. That should kick start them into laying. If even that doesn't work after a couple of weeks then they may need worming. Good luck, and don't them them guilt you into giving them treats! Thanks for your advice - I have got worming liquid, will give that a go as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 You are doing are really well, and just be patient, sometimes they just take a while to get started. I know it's really difficult to not give them treats, "Ooops, word censored!"ody can stare at you like a chicken can , not even my mother in law . They are really good at pretending to be hard done by aren't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 not sure about crouching. You can't miss it when they do it. They flatten their backs, stick their "elbows" out sideways and squat right down on the ground, usually with a little bum wiggle as they do it . It's very cute . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootikki Posted October 18, 2008 Author Share Posted October 18, 2008 You'll fit in here quite nicely if you're soppy enough to put your eggs on a cushion . Make sure you take photos of them, weigh them and write the date and name of layee on them . I'm not joking, BTW, it's mandatory! Thanks for the tip re. writing the date - we've now had 9 !eggbrown!s (Siggy takes Friday as a rest day) - it is very useful to know which are the oldest when using them!. Also for tip re. weighing - from first to last have increased from 32g to 52g. Some of the eggs are speckled and others not - I thought they would all be the same? Still no eggs from Tilly - but her comb is very pale, I think she may be quite a bit younger? The were on a cushion to have their photos taken ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 My black rock sometimes lays speckled eggs and sometimes they are plain. They do vary all the time it's very strange. Hers have gone from 49g at the start to 56g now so keep weighing them, it's not sad at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 I got a really speckledy egg from my Gingernut the other day, I had to take a photo of it as it looked as if it had measels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kez Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 The eggs from my two keep changing shade. I can't tell who has laid the egg unless I see them coming out the Eglu Do Gingernuts and Pepperpot eggs usually look almost the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 My Pepperpot's eggs have always been quite a dark brown and have never gone over about 60g and are a good egg shape. Flo my first Gingernut's eggs are much lighter and pinky brown and quite roundish and they are usually 68g +. I thought I'd have trouble distinguishing between the other Gingernut's but her eggs are slightly darker than the other ones and more pointed! They are starting to get to the same size as the other gingernut. Different coloured egg layers would be so much easier though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
