craftyhunnypie Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Hi everyone! I've been waiting for decentish weather for a couple of weeks now, so that I could strip down the eglu & it a good scrub with soapy water & tea tree oil! Anyway, when I lifted the pink main body from the eglu, I found some crysalis hanging from the roof! Only 2, but I am presuming that they are from moths!!!! Quite large, it's a wonder the girls haven't ate them - perhaps the girls looked at them as their Xmas decorations! Anyway, I lifted them out and placed them on the outside window ledge of the shed! My girls eglu is all sparkling again, except for the roosting bars, which are a bit worn away. Must order new ones for them! I didn't do it until quite late afternoon & was working against the light! Poor Blanche was panicking about it going dark & getting past her bedtime - she was quite noisy. As soon as I was finished, all 3 couldn't wait to go to bed - bless! I'm expecting to be rewarded in the morning with 3 nice eggs! They are really good at laying, considering it's winter! We even had mushroom omelettes for lunch. Chickens are addictive.... I want another eglu ( mark 3) & more chooks! I'd like a white chicken like someones Trinny on the forum! I'd also like one that lays blue eggs, I'd like a sussex and I'd like a couple of bantams!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 I used to get those in my old coop. There should be a PM from me in your inbox. Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannie Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 I found some weird, translucent egg-type things under the poo-tray last summer. (I'd upload a photo if I could work out how ) Think they were probably a spider's eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 oh how horrible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannie Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Here - done it: What do you think they are??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I thought spiders laid eggs in a "sac" which contained 100's.....mind you it is a long time since I studied Biology! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 No idea! They look like cod liver oil tablets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I'd like a white chicken like someones Trinny on the forum! I'd also like one that lays blue eggs, I'd like a sussex and I'd like a couple of bantams!!! Trinny's an Amberstar, she's our head chicken and lays huge eggs. I'd be interested to know about Kannie's eggs, Trinny gobbled a load up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Could they be slug eggs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 No idea! They look like cod liver oil tablets! Thats exactly what I thought Pretty sure its a type os spider egg anyone know what the red mits eggs look like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I wouldn't have thought that red mite eggs would be that big. Try emailing a picture to the Natural History museum; they can be pretty helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannie Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Couldn't get this link to work, Bronze! One thing I noticed looking at them magnified on screen, is that they look as if they've all come out joined together, like a string of sausages! There was a spider in the eglu too, but it could easily be a slug, I guess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannie Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Couldn't get this link to work, Bronze! Oh its gone! Was I imagining it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 no you werent couldnt get it to work ok so the eggs are about 7? mm long A red mite can reach 7mm A lot of creatures the egg is bigger than the animal that comes out so could it be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Try posting on the practical poultry forum - they are bound to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I think they are slug eggs - yuck. Get your girls to gobble them up immediately! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 This is a pic of slug eggs I wonder if yours could be snails eggs? Pass the garlic butter please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Hmm, don't think so, they're smaller, just found this Pass the bucket.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannie Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Probably slug then: I can't imagine a snail could have got in the gap between the poo tray and the bottom of the eglu! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Ewww, those strange things look like those "miracle capsules" you use on your skin. You should bottle them up and head off daaawn the market "roll up, roll up,.....come get your age defying miracle capsules" !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 That's probably exactly what those miracle capsules are Chelsea!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 That's probably exactly what those miracle capsules are Chelsea!! !!! I would be very scared if I found those things in my eglu, im very squeamish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannie Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Ewww, those strange things look like those "miracle capsules" you use on your skin. You should bottle them up and head off daaawn the market "roll up, roll up,.....come get your age defying miracle capsules" !! I didn't feel scared, but I didn't let the chooks eat them! I think they went in the compost heap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Hope they weren't slug eggs then ..... or you'll have a whole load more slugs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannie Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Thats true! It hadnt occured to me! I just assumed they were the spider's, as there was a spider there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
