Tiggy Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Ive had my girls for a couple of years, Saffy is older she came out of the battery house, Ive found a lash for the first time yesterday. i presume it is hers, is she now officially an old lady? Do I need to do anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 No you dont need to do anything and it doesnt mean she wont lay again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 I agree, they do tend to lay these more at the end of their laying career, but it doesn't mean she won't lay again, just that she was having a bit of a clear-out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stehaggan Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 can i ask what is a lash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlehenny Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 It's a soft egg, one that doesn't have a shell, just a membrane holding it together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted June 24, 2010 Author Share Posted June 24, 2010 It's a soft egg, one that doesn't have a shell, just a membrane holding it together. oh this didnt look like that it was a solid crumpled up fleash coloured thing , I thought a lash was the expelled lining of the egg laying tackle, bit like a chicken period, I may be wrong in which case Ive thrown the thing away so cannot show you what it looks like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlehenny Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Oooh I've had those too - usually find them between the roosting bars I think the term lash is used to describe any deformed egg, but soft shells are the most common. Don't know what those fleshy coloured things are but they are gross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Tiggy you are correct, a lash is not the same as a softy, a lash is a mass of textured tissue, it looks like cooked chicken! its a clear out of the egg laying system, she will feel a lot better without it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted June 24, 2010 Author Share Posted June 24, 2010 Tiggy you are correct, a lash is not the same as a softy, a lash is a mass of textured tissue, it looks like cooked chicken! its a clear out of the egg laying system, she will feel a lot better without it! thanks redwing, yep cooked chicken thats exactly what it looked like, i presume it was Saffy because she is older, she tried to eat it it was gross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 One of my ex batts laid a lash a while ago, she was laying again in a couple of days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
