chestnutmare Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 (edited) I love my skelter because the eggs are arranged in order (and it looks nice ) but when I take eggs off it I have to move all of the other eggs down. I'm thinking this might be because some of the eggs are still quite small so aren't rolling along properly... I could be wrong. Would a bantam skelter work better for now? I don't want to buy another skelter only for it to do the same thing... Edit: Okay so there's a 'bantam skelter' on flyte so fancy and skelter for small-medium and medium-large on Omlet shop. I'm guessing the small-medium and bantam is the same size just decribed differently by flyte so fancy and Omlet. Have I got a medium-large skelter I wonder? OH bought me it so I don't know... Edited June 2, 2011 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 My girls' eggs often get stuck on my egg skelter and I have to roll them along. They turn round endways or don't roll down properly because one of the girls has laid a wonky egg. I think it's just one of those things that happens because eggs are not uniform in size and shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestnutmare Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 My girls' eggs often get stuck on my egg skelter and I have to roll them along. They turn round endways or don't roll down properly because one of the girls has laid a wonky egg. I think it's just one of those things that happens because eggs are not uniform in size and shape. Some of the eggs do point down as they roll along but I'm looking at the skelter now and all of the eggs are looking 'normal' - no wonky eggs. So buying a smaller skelter won't make a difference? I was convinced a smaller skelter would be better. Also, I should have said I have to move them along every time I take eggs off the skelter, not just now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Hmmmm, I guess there's only one way to find out if a bantam egg skelter would work better... What size are your small eggs, are they banty sized? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestnutmare Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 Hmmmm, I guess there's only one way to find out if a bantam egg skelter would work better... What size are your small eggs, are they banty sized? I don't think I've ever seen a bantam egg before but I say my eggs are small-medium. They don't look small to me - they're from three hybrids. Willow tends to lay round eggs rather than pointy eggs. Are they small? ... Okay had to get my scales to weigh them... Yesterday's eggs and day before:- Willow's egg: 50g (day before 51g) Snowy's: 57g (day before 60g) Belle's: 63g (day before 58g) Found this information: Very large (XL) - >73 Large (L) - 63-73 Medium (M) - 53-63 Small (S) - <53 So going by yesterday's and the day before's eggs Willow lays a small , Snowy lays a medium egg and Belle lays a medium egg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I don't have any problems with mine, I liked it so much I got a second one in purple Occasionaly an egg gets stuck and needs adjusting but not very often. I have the standard size one and most of my eggs are 60 to 70g. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestnutmare Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 Chrissie, your eggs are larger than mine. Don't get me wrong, I love my skelter too - just would love it more if I didn't have to move each egg down it. I've had a message from a member asking if I would like to exchange it - I think direct from the company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy chick Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 I wouldn't bother personally. I have a banty version and (when I had hybrids) their eggs were too big and got stuck in it. My eggs don't roll down either. I just itch them along a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestnutmare Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 Someone from 'egg skelter' contacted me and offered to exchange, which I have done so 'thank you' . moving I'm just about to use the skelter so fingers crossed this should do the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 I hope that will sort it out. I was most impressed by the customer service that I recieved direct from the egg skelter lady. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 I have to nudge mine along but I do have eggs ranging from 45g up to 110g. Little round ones, long thin ones and Hilda's the massive bowling ball ones which are just too big Still love the skelter Sage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 I'm not massively keen on my egg skelter. I find the eggs always stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaKiw1 Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 I just move mine down manually and love the look of the Skelter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 I just move mine down manually and love the look of the Skelter! Me too!! Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 And me! I like to know I am using the eggs in date order. Before we had the egg skelter we just kept the eggs in boxes on the worktop and got in an awful muddle as to which were the oldest and which were the newest, now we always know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
