chick wiggle Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 i bet they just rolled their eyes and thought 'crazy chicken mum strikes again' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffyfeet Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 They'll be after the eyeshadow and lipstick next...... Dawn x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Wonder what colour Bill will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Wonder what colour Bill will be. Ooo-err Missus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENthusiastic Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 How funny. And what a great idea. I'm off to buy some food colouring today!!! Come on Mostin, cant wait to hear if it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Well? well? How'd it go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Mostin wrote:I am dying to see if this works tomorrow. Love that pun - guess it wasn't intended! How eggciting! Looking forward to the result - and for Chickle don't forget the camera! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 Written by Shaun dictated by Mostin "Due to severe migraine beginning last night i may have made a couple of strategic errors with the colouring. 1) Forgot to write down who i had coloured with what immediately after doing it. After a couple of hours i wrote it down but wasnt sure 2) Bought blue green and black colour dyes which may look the same on hens eggs. RESULTS as predicted molly and rosie were on strike today, so even though i coloured them with red and blue it was to no avail. there was an egg in the cube coloured, query, blue / green / black. On the positive, Yay the system works. negative. dont know who laid it. One good positive result - there was an egg painted yellow which i know was ex-batt daisy as i matched the colour dye to her leg ring. her first eggs that i know off since arriving in May. I am quite happy for her to have a henopausal retirement but its good to know she is healthy. Shaun thinks it may be easier to use small spray bottles rather than pieces of cotton wool cant wait to try this. or even to use the purple spray 1 girl at a time" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Aw, sorry your not well Mostin, but fantastic that the system works and only fails due to hooman error Hope your feeling better soon. X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Well done - at least it does work - sort of, now where's that food dye . . . ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 again written by shaun as he wont let mostin on the puter until she is fully better. "more results, the food dye still works after a couple of days, i collected eggs from the newbies and one of them was stained with blue. This means its Molly thats laying and not Rosie. So you dont have to do it everyday for it to work, which i did not realise." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Glad it works and I hope you're feeling better soon Mostin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Wow, that great Mostin, that it still works after 3 days! Now, Off the puter and go get better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Didn't have to resort to the dye - Murray couldn't find the silkie and eventually found her in the nest box - she gave him a good mouthful and he was so startled he couldn't get the door back on quick enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
