Laura007 Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 henno has been a bit off colour the past couple of days. look what she laid this afternoon. (its the one on the left) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Oooh er! I hope she starts to pick up now that she has got rid of that. I've never seen an egg like that before. I wonder if any one else has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina C Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Has she been at the beetroot? Very strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 How strange.............hope she feels better soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beauty-Box Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 That is a strange egg! Hope she is feeling better.X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 My goodness! What's it like inside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura007 Posted May 17, 2007 Author Share Posted May 17, 2007 My goodness! What's it like inside? dunno yet. i will let you know. i dont think paul will believe me so i need to show him how small it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braden01 Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Bizarre Have you figured out what the dark covering is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Coincidentally, Phil has just called to saythat one of the girls (doesn't know which one) has laid an egg like a Malteser! Can't wait to get home and see what it's all about. Sorry Laura, didn't mean to hijack your thread there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura007 Posted May 17, 2007 Author Share Posted May 17, 2007 Coincidentally, Phil has just called to saythat one of the girls (doesn't know which one) has laid an egg like a Malteser! Can't wait to get home and see what it's all about. Sorry Laura, didn't mean to hijack your thread there perhaps its the day for malteser eggs!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 I'll take a photo tonight and load it up onto this thread. Must be something in the planetary alignments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 ... errrr, am rendered speechless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Hate to say this and don't want to cause alarm, but it almost looks like dried blood Is she looking brighter now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Snowy I think you could be right. I wonder if she has been holding onto the egg for a while. Hopefully all will be well now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Here's our little 'Malteser egg', pictured alongside some regular bantam eggs of about 38g: It weighed just 5g. I cracked it - the shell was rather soft and the membrane was extra tough. Inside was about enough very gelatinous white to coever a 2 pence piece and a thing like a tiny grape seed. I reckon that something got into her egg-making tackle and she formed an egg round it. Perhaps it's a bit of tissue I'm not sure, but it might be Betty's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Laura yours looks like a Quail egg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaR Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 There must be something in the air today as we too received an unusually small egg from one of our chooks this morning. Edit: Yesterday morning even!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 Must be something in the planetary alignments Is the moon in conjunction with Uranus? Sorry...couldn't resist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 Laura .. yours is a perfect example of a "wind egg" - which are always v. small and don't have yolks. The other egg also looked to me like it was covered with dried blood. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 Well it must be the week for strange eggs I have just found this in the nesting box.................. The egg on the left is a normal sized one from Ginger I am not sure who layed the egg on the right but it looks like it could be Babs she hasn't layed an egg for over a year................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 Must be something in the planetary alignments Is the moon in conjunction with Uranus? Sorry...couldn't resist! Nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braden01 Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 it looks like it could be Babs she hasn't layed an egg for over a year................... I didn't know that hens could stop laying for any length of time once they've started? Do you know why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 A coupl eof mine are like that - both pure breeds - one's small and delicate - far too posh to push and the other has wonky egg-laying tackle. No seriously, both had resp infections that affected their ability to lay eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 it looks like it could be Babs she hasn't layed an egg for over a year................... I didn't know that hens could stop laying for any length of time once they've started? Do you know why? Just old age, she is 3 years old and a Hybrid that has layed an egg every day for 2 years so I suppose she deserves a rest............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura007 Posted May 18, 2007 Author Share Posted May 18, 2007 Laura .. yours is a perfect example of a "wind egg" - which are always v. small and don't have yolks. The other egg also looked to me like it was covered with dried blood. . should i be worried?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
