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Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: slowef on January 12, 2008, 17:00

Title: Wierd egg, nestbox and wardrobes
Post by: slowef on January 12, 2008, 17:00

My duck laid this today it must go down as the wierdest egg I have ever seen :?
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Good girls getting the hang of this nestbox malarky
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While I am on this is theuse we made of an old single wardrobe turned on its side with a mesh front made of old bits of wood, now being used by Squeek it made a brilliant broody cage for a while and its nice and big and high enough for a hen too
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Title: Wierd egg, nestbox and wardrobes
Post by: Aunt Sally on January 12, 2008, 17:23

Was the ducky egg a soft helled one Sandra ?

Do the ducks get oyster shell ?

Title: Wierd egg, nestbox and wardrobes
Post by: slowef on January 12, 2008, 17:30

No it was hard and you don't really need to give ducks shell as they get lots of grit from puddling mud etc but I do give some in a pot just to be on safe side and they do eat it.

One of them seems to have a blip every now and again :cry:

Title: Wierd egg, nestbox and wardrobes
Post by: Aunt Sally on January 12, 2008, 17:36

Hard !  Ever seen a duck egg like that before.  

The nests look like a big hit  :D