speckled hen Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Hi everyone I am just being nosey really but wondering if anyone else has a Shetland? We got our gorgeous girl earlier this year and she has been laying lovely blue eggs for around 3 months now, Yum!! I haven't seen anyone else mention one so just wondered if my morag is the only one in the omlet family, surely not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I haven't heard of these. Have you got a picture of her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled hen Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 A picture? EEK does that mean I will have to try some sort of wizzardry to get a photo on my post will try my best. She is black with gold neck feathers and a lovely pom pom on her head. A lovely girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 The easiest way is to upload the photo to imageshack and then you can just copy the link and insert it into [*img] imageshack link goes here [*/img] (with the *'s removed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 They are lovely but notoriously hard to breed, hatch and sex and therefore get hold of! very few breeders breed them They are super looking birds though Janty has a Shetland cross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled hen Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 Yes she is a really lovely girl, the breeder had quite a few of them and has actually sent some back up to the shetlands! Hopefully this will link to a pic of her Please work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I have a Shetland crossbreed called Paisley that lays lovely green eggs. They are reeeaaaaalllllyyy hard to sex. Three that I have had from the breeder have had to go back due to them being cockerels. I gave up in the end and swapped my last one for a LF Australorp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 This is a photo of my girl (brown/buff) with one of the cockerels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Please work It was the most enormous photo I've ever seen . I've resized it for you . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenNutter Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Well I have had a shetland pony in the past, and that was the most awkward little beggar that I have come across. I hope that the chicken version is a lot more biddable! Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Your Shetland looks a lot like this little one that turned out to be a cockerel. I can see why the breeder made a mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled hen Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 Thanks very much ANH, not sure what I did wrong She does look cute if I do say so myself! Janty - I am pleased she turned out to be a girl, we got our orpington from the same breeder and she is a he - Colin. We are owed a girl in his place, even though we are keeping him so I think we will get a girl orp and another shetland, fingers crossed we get a girl then. As a breed, she is quite strong willed and will run off if she see's you trying to pick her up, once you have her though she is quite cuddly. She lays 6 eggs a week at the minute, we had quite a few double yolkers at first but that has settled down now. Her eggs are a lovely blue colour, my regular egg customers que up for a blue egg!!! My OH loves her and has claimed her as his girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Mine won't go to bed. She roosts up in the rafters of the WIR with her best friend, Ronnie Moran, the Maran. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
