LittleOwl Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Our 23 week old Columbine, Treacle, has just given us her first egg! We have had her for 12 days and I must admit I was getting a bit impatient When I opened the nest box door when I was putting them to bed last night she was in there, and she has been back in for about an hour this morning (though she did interrupt proceedings when I went out earlier in case I had something nice for her, she has learned fast ). It is fairly small, and is a pretty pale-ish olive green colour It has pride of place in an egg cup (a green one, so as to coordinate nicely )on the table so I can show OH when he is home in a few minutes. Now to wait and see what colour her sister Honey lays....fingers crossed for a blue one so we have a mini rainbow of colours!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Congratulations - it sounds a lovely colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Lovely . Green eggs are special . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Yey Glad you have a good colour, I am waiting patiently to find out what colours my Vicki and Mel are going to lay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoxy Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Morning When our Columbine, Mildred first started laying her eggs were olive green & now they are a gorgeous pastel green. I was very happy that she laid a green egg & not brown although i was not expecting olive green! I am amazed how they have changed colour. Our latest two girls, Lulu & Violet will hopefully lay brown eggs. Just love all the different colours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleOwl Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 Well, we have been getting an egg a day from our lovely Treacle since she started last week! And Snoxy, like yours, they have been getting steadily paler in colour, so they are now more of a pretty pastel green thatn an olive green! OH took a couple into work and everyone thought they had been painted! They are thankfully getting bigger too, thank goodness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoxy Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 well done Treacle just to add...people who I showed Mildreds eggs to thought they were laid by a dragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
