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Squidge
Joined: 17 Dec 2007
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Location: Folkestone, Kent
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 Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 12:53 am Post subject: Miniature Egg |
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| Just found a beautiful miniature egg, about one inch in length, it's so pretty I don't want to break it, can any of you more experienced peeps tell me if this is a common occurrence? |
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CP
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Joined: 13 Apr 2005
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Location: Hampshire
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 2:06 am Post subject: |
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Fairly common. We had one earlier this week. They're known as witch eggs or wind eggs.
It sometimes happens when birds are just starting to lay. It takes practice to get it right!  You may get the odd soft shelled one too.  |
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Squidge
Joined: 17 Dec 2007
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Location: Folkestone, Kent
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 2:37 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks CP, very interesting, these birds are not young though they are ex batts. I also get "no" shells and just recently broken eggs that are all there but squashed flat like they've been sat on. |
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CP
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 11:47 am Post subject: |
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It doesn't always happen to young birds.
Have your ex-batts feathered up yet? They may need a bit more calcium.
Give them some natural yogurt.(not too much) I usually mix mine with other stuff but some people just put down a small dish of it. |
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Squidge
Joined: 17 Dec 2007
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Location: Folkestone, Kent
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks again CP, yes they are all lovely and fat and feathery! All been Verm X'd, "Spot On'd" and wormed. I always feed them back their crushed up baked eggshells as well. I'll try the yoghurt, see what happens. I haven't opened the egg yet am I going to get a tiny weeny little perfect egg to fry or is the inside going to be different? |
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Gilly C
Joined: 22 Jun 2006
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Location: South Cumbria
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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usually no yolk  |
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Squidge
Joined: 17 Dec 2007
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Location: Folkestone, Kent
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Shame....going to look now. |
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Muddiwarx
Joined: 01 Apr 2008
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Location: Nr Manchester, UK
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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Was there a yolk - I am intrigued  |
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Squidge
Joined: 17 Dec 2007
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Location: Folkestone, Kent
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Nope! Gilly C was dead right ! |
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Muddiwarx
Joined: 01 Apr 2008
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Location: Nr Manchester, UK
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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| LOL How strange!!! |
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Sparklepeeps
Joined: 17 Jan 2007
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Location: Cheshire
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Gilly C wrote: | | usually no yolk |
Ive had one too... also with no yolk. |
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Gilly C
Joined: 22 Jun 2006
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Location: South Cumbria
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I have had the occasional one with a small pea size yolk ! I always have to crack them to see |
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Kitsune
Joined: 13 Mar 2008
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Location: Manchester
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:21 am Post subject: |
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| I've always heard them referred to as 'fart' eggs - usually without a yolk as you say - the first one I had I was amazed, and a little worried too! |
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Squidge
Joined: 17 Dec 2007
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Location: Folkestone, Kent
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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| No miniscule egg sandwich for me then ! |
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