CannyCat Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 (edited) Matilda laid her first egg today!! My little trooper We're not sure we can eat it - they're both on antibiotics because Bertha has a cold Will have to phone the vet tomorrow to find out... (On a side note, I have a job interview on Friday - wish me luck, it's a biggie!) Edited October 4, 2006 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 Welldone Tilley Will keep my fingers crossed for the interview karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 Congrats - its great getting eggs. I'm just waiting for big, fat Jasmin now! I think she's actually storing her eggs up inside her! Good luck with the interview - I had one last week although they called it an Assessment Centre - just an excuse to drag it out all day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 Good luck for Friday from me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 That's a good 1st attempt, hope you're allowed to eat it though-be a shame to go to waste! Good luck with the interview, I'm sure it'll go brilliantly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 It would be a sin not to eat the first egg! Better safe than sorry though! Good Luck on Friday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamsin Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 Congrats on your first egg its so eggcititing when you peer in the egg port and find a egg , good luck for tommorow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CannyCat Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 Thanks guys! Bad News: We can't eat Matilda's eggs for a whole nother 2 weeks! And we're on number 4 now - she's been laying like a trooper ever since Good News: I got the job! I was so suprised, I didnt think I had enough experience! A huge payrise, Bupa healthcare, get to work from home 2 days a week (I can let the girls out more!!) and they're "investors in people" so they're keen for me to go back to college! yay! So I went out and bought a lotto ticket for the first time in years, what with good luck running in threes and all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Great news! Congratulations! Fingers crossed for the third piece of luck...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannie Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Well done with the new job! You can probably cook the eggs and feed them back to the chickens, even if you can't eat them yourselves. They'll love them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Shame you can't eat her eggs! But congratulations about the new job-more money's always nice Hope you win on lotto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Congratulations on the new job Canny Cat! Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Great news on the job well done! karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CannyCat Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 no lotto win but I did cook up the eggs and feed them back to the girls, and sneak a mouthful for myself! Mmmmm they were just the nicest eggs, really full of flavour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triphazard99 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 I couldn't have resisted either!! It's not that the eggs will harm you as such, just to try and avoid building resistance to antibiotics by consuming a little when you don't need them. Our vet said to give them a week after finishing the antibiotics before eating any eggs... but as they weren't laying anyhow it didn't matter. Fortunately for us, it was the one who didn't need meds who started to lay!! Sophie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CannyCat Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 I couldn't have resisted either!! It's not that the eggs will harm you as such, just to try and avoid building resistance to antibiotics by consuming a little when you don't need them. Our vet said to give them a week after finishing the antibiotics before eating any eggs... but as they weren't laying anyhow it didn't matter. Fortunately for us, it was the one who didn't need meds who started to lay!! Sophie Thanks Sophie, I didnt realise that was why we shouldn't eat them. Bertha has since started to lay too! She's nowhere near as mature as Matilda, but she's got such a competitive nature I think she felt she had to keep up with Tilly! Just one more week to go...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
