Was it here, or somewhere else I saw that someone weighs their eggs and keeps a record. That, and seeing Heldi's eggs in the gallery, got me to thinking, should we have an ongoing thread to record the A4a heaviest egg record? Whenever someone collects a whopper egg weigh it and post the weight here. Just a bit of fun :D
The heaviest one I have in the tray at the moment is 78g :) but I'm sure that will be easily beaten (excuse the pun :-[ ;D)
Hee hee what fun. I'm off to weigh mine! I hope OH hasn't pinched the big ones again...I didn't get my name on them quick enough
I weighed the biggest one I could find...69g. Jesse you are top chook at the moment!
Ahhhh, so Roma's top chook for the time being ;D
I have one at 120 grams. Pure white and a real cracker. It gets heavier every time I paint it.
LOL! ;D
;D ;D
Would someone go and tell my chickens to lay....then I could join in :'(
Put a china egg in the nest box Agapanthus and that will kickstart them back into laying again. It has worked everytime for me.
Either that or walk up and down your pen sharpening a large kitching knife.
will do Pauline thanks :) by the way did you get my e-mail....being having a few probs with it.
Quote from: agapanthus on January 21, 2006, 13:30:31
will do Pauline thanks :) by the way did you get my e-mail....being having a few probs with it.
Yes I did Agapanthus, thank you. I will be in the chat room later this evening so perhaps we could catch up on news in there.
My heaviest egg from those collected today was 78g.
Kenkew.....am always threatening...but they know it's all lies ;D
Pauline....china egg in place :D
Once upon a time I had close to 200 hens on land at the bottom of my garden. These ranged from POL to 'ready to boil' birds. Keeping 'em isn't just a matter of going round with the egg basket!
One puzzle to new hen-keepers is...which lay, and which don't? Easy way to tell is;
Lift the bird under your arm, with two fingers of the other hand, press them flat against the 'egg ejection area', if both fingers fit between the bones of the pelvic, that bird is a layer.
It's just a rule of thumb!!
I was told tree fingers Ken but that was off a lady. Size of fingers matter I guess.
With or without the bark, Heldi?
well they are woodland birds !
Woo hoo look what we got yesterday :o :o ;D
Quote from: Heldi on January 21, 2006, 21:10:09
I was told tree fingers Ken but that was off a lady. Size of fingers matter I guess.
Yeah being a girlie with little fingers I'd definately say 3. When I got my first birds I had a cuckoo maran called Henrietta. I kept checking and every time it was 2 fingers width, but no eggs. Well eventually we found out why. Henrietta was a Henry. Despite having a gap of 2 fingers that bird was never going to lay :o :o
whooohoooo Heldi! That is a whoppa, well done Heldi's chook ;D
Stuffed, that has given me a right giggle. Wonder what that cockerel thought?! :o
Well it's been 6 days now since I put the china egg in the nest box. Went in for a look the other day and I swear the girls were laughing up their wings at me :( :(
Quote from: agapanthus on January 27, 2006, 17:12:50
Well it's been 6 days now since I put the china egg in the nest box. Went in for a look the other day and I swear the girls were laughing up their wings at me :( :(
When did they stop laying Agapanthus? This can have some bearing as to when they will start again. I am sorry the china egg didn't work with your chickens. :'(
Heldi, what have you got in your shed laying an egg as big as that? :o I see your chickens don't wipe their feet either before going into the nest box! I've thought of making wellington boots for mine but what would be the chances of them leaving them at the door when they come in from outside! :D
Started to weigh the eggs today.
Between 105-110 grams - all double yolks. :P :P
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Great Lady Cosmos. A new thread record! ;D
I haven't got any scales right now...I'm sure I've had some right bobby dazzlers but nothing to weigh them on. I went to the local shops to buy some scales yesterday but not a set in sight. Hmmm...who's nicked all the scales eh???!!
those look lovely :)
I haven't been weighing them but nothing particularly large recently.
Those eggs are huge Lady Cosmos. :o :o :o
What breed of chickens do you have?
The big eggs are from Barnevelders. Most of the eggs have double yolkes and they give a lot of eggs ;D