Cat tails Posted June 2, 2021 Author Share Posted June 2, 2021 5 hours ago, Luvachicken said: I scored a 4 out of 5 the other week with the chicks. No idea who didn't lay an egg but strangely, only Nellie and Nancy have managed to lay an egg since. That’s a lot of eggs! Look at those eyebrows! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Such beautiful girls 😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Am trying to find Barnevelder bantam hatching eggs in the UK - so far failing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 1 minute ago, mullethunter said: Am trying to find Barnevelder bantam hatching eggs in the UK - so far failing. If you want me to smuggle a bird over… 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 How would you keep her quiet?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 8 hours ago, mullethunter said: How would you keep her quiet?! Haven’t heard a peep from Selma yet, seriously. Mus is another story… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 If the post to the UK wasn’t so hard to predict right now, I could send you hatching eggs. They aren’t very hard to come by. Apparently the rules are quite relaxed too. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hatching-eggs-and-chicks-marketing-standards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 CT - your girls are soooo pretty! Looks as though you have been all over them with a marker pen as those feathers are so deliniated! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 9 minutes ago, soapdragon said: CT - your girls are soooo pretty! Looks as though you have been all over them with a marker pen as those feathers are so deliniated! Took at least 3 eyeliners and a good weekend! 😂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, Cat tails said: Took at least 3 eyeliners and a good weekend! 😂 Maybe I should take a marker pen to the hamsters - Hilda would look great with purple spots! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 18 hours ago, Cat tails said: If the post to the UK wasn’t so hard to predict right now, I could send you hatching eggs. They aren’t very hard to come by. Thanks for the thought but you’re right, they could sit in customs for weeks! Maybe when things settle down 🤞🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 Think I got my first Barnevelder egg today. Quite small and light, but definitely more brown than the others eggs. And diligently kept warm by Gerda… 😒 Now I hope Mus will start doing eggs soon, and she isn’t just an oversized budgie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 An oversized budgie I think I may have some of them too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 Think Selma is one of those hens preferring to lay in a shrub somewhere… she has been in and out of the nestbox for the past half an hour. Digging to China and pacing up and done whining… why do I always have one of those??? 😒 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Cat tails said: Digging to China and pacing up and done whining… why do I always have one of those??? 😒 I think I have had one of those every time I've had chickens. At the moment it's Molly, but no doubt one of the new ones will start whinging about their labour pain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Luvachicken said: I think I have had one of those every time I've had chickens. At the moment it's Molly, but no doubt one of the new ones will start whinging about their labour pain. I locked her in the coop for about 20 min while I cleaned the run. Went to check, no egg. Let her out, because I still needed to clean the coop. When I got back from putting the wheelie bin out, there was an egg in the run. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 But at least I got another barnevelder egg! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy049 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Our Barnvelder hasn't laid in months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 Got an egg from Mus the Sebright today! So she isn’t an oversized budgie! Although… her egg weighs a whopping 25 grams! 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cat tails Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 Here is a photo so you can see the size. 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 That looks very similar to mine 😊 I haven't actually weighed any of mine though, that's a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 Selma keeps laying her eggs in random places. Some days in the coop, most days just somewhere in the run… Today was a run day… 😒 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Awww, did you manage to get it before anything happened to it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 10 hours ago, Luvachicken said: Awww, did you manage to get it before anything happened to it ? Yes, it was just sitting there in the run. And the hormonal Grumpies were still in their own bit of run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
