2 questions ? ...

[pearse1888]

hi there everyone 2 questions .. number 1 is there any way u can tell a egg is full or dud without holding it up to a light ? and number 2 i have a hen and i paired it too 2 cocks at seperate times and both times she layed 4 eggs ... and they are 100 % cocks the others incase you think thats a hen anyone have any ideas lol .. ?

[Guest WINGS 04]

THE ANSWER TO NUMBER 1 IS YES I THINK YOU CAN TELL BY THE WIEGHT THE OTHERE MUST BE ANOTHER HEN GOING IN AND LAYING IN THE SAME NEST

[Guest casbri]

nswer to number 1...after 7 to 8 days the eggs go very dark

[Guest Vic]

nswer to number 1...after 7 to 8 days the eggs go very dark

 

After this time,  a dud egg will sink, if immersed in water. A good egg will  float.

[Guest Vic]

hi there everyone 2 questions .. number 1 is there any way u can tell a egg is full or dud without holding it up to a light ? and number 2 i have a hen and i paired it too 2 cocks at seperate times and both times she layed 4 eggs ... and they are 100 % cocks the others incase you think thats a hen anyone have any ideas lol .. ?

 

No 2. Any hen will lay 4 eggs within a few weeks, "at seperate times of paring"

[Roland]

Yep Vic... like when a lad, and bird egging was lega,all eggs collected were blown into seperate cups after the water test and fried. Moorhen's eggs, for instance, are by far the most delicous eggs ever.

[Guest Vic]

Yes Roland, they laid 7-10 if I remember, so the odd one wouldn't be missed. But I stiil remember the tastse of 'em. Ah! the good old days. ;D  

[Guest IB]

I've noticed the egg appears darker and heavier when there is a developing youngster in it - though not always - one or two I'd thought to be a 'dud' have hatched. (Never thought to check if the youngster turned out a 'dud'.)

 

My only experience of 4 eggs in a nest has always been from paired hens. I've never heard of 2 hens paired to the same cock going to the same nest in the same box before, I'd have thought it would lead to fighting between the hens and the cock would turn one of the hens away?

[Guest Vic]

I've noticed the egg appears darker and heavier when there is a developing youngster in it - though not always - one or two I'd thought to be a 'dud' have hatched. (Never thought to check if the youngster turned out a 'dud'.)

 

My only experience of 4 eggs in a nest has always been from paired hens. I've never heard of 2 hens paired to the same cock going to the same nest in the same box before, I'd have thought it would lead to fighting between the hens and the cock would turn one of the hens away?

 

If you haven't had two hens paired to the one cock in the same box, you still have a little bit more to learn, it's the hens that fall out at the end of the cyclce, the cock will never clear a harem. ;D

[jimmy white]

THE ANSWER TO NUMBER 1 IS YES I THINK YOU CAN TELL BY THE WIEGHT THE OTHERE MUST BE ANOTHER HEN GOING IN AND LAYING IN THE SAME NEST

 

near enough my answer ,, but cant understand why you cant hold the egg up to the light  

[Guest Vic]

hi there everyone 2 questions .. number 1 is there any way u can tell a egg is full or dud without holding it up to a light ? and number 2 i have a hen and i paired it too 2 cocks at seperate times and both times she layed 4 eggs ... and they are 100 % cocks the others incase you think thats a hen anyone have any ideas lol .. ?

 

Well, C'mon! Give us the answers.

 

[Lennut Tar]

Yep Vic... like when a lad, and bird egging was lega,all eggs collected were blown into seperate cups after the water test and fried. Moorhen's eggs, for instance, are by far the most delicous eggs ever.

 

Boy !!!!!! did that bring back memories above etc  ;D ;D ;D I can still remember the day, I fell out of a tree as a boy   :D with a mouth full of sparrow eggs.

Little johnny today ?????   :P would never have that pleasure & enjoyment, one could say.

Enjoy.

 

 

[Guest Vic]

Little Johnny can't fall out of bed these days. ;D

[Guest Vic]

.................... but seems to fall into trouble regularly.  ;D