Egg in the earth

maisie · « **on:** July 30, 2007, 08:49 »

When I was turning over the soil in my tomato bed(blight!), and later digging up my potatoes this year, each time I found what looked like a birds egg. It was a couple of inches long, light brown with chocolate brown speckles on it. The first one I found, I assumed had been buried by a fox to eat later, but when I threw it onto the path it cracked and a little blood oozed out, so I assume it must have been still incubating. The second one (found on Saturday), I held for a moment and it got quite hot. I reburied it elsewhere. What are these eggs? Has anyone else had any?

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #1 on:** July 30, 2007, 10:18 »

Cann you take a picture for us maisie :?:

Welcome to the site

WG. · « **Reply #2 on:** July 30, 2007, 10:41 »

Hi Maisie, bit far north for giant turtles aren't you :!: Did it look like this?

Welcome to the site BTW.

richyrich7 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 30, 2007, 11:26 »

Hiya Maisie welcome to the forum

Not snake/lizard eggs are they ? but they are usually softish.

Scribbler · « **Reply #4 on:** July 30, 2007, 16:23 »

If you get lots of men in radiation proof suits smashing your door down in the middle of the night, you'll know that they're probably only alien lifeforms that have been deposited here to take over the planet.

Whatever they hatch out to be, they can't possibly make a worse job of running planet earth than we do.

:o)

richyrich7 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 30, 2007, 19:21 »

Quote from: "Scribbler"

Whatever they hatch out to be, they can't possibly make a worse job of running planet earth than we do.

:o)

Unless of course they blow it up to make a super highway

Little Miss Muffet · « **Reply #6 on:** July 30, 2007, 22:53 »

Not snake/lizard eggs are they

thats what i was thinking.

Sadgit · « **Reply #7 on:** July 31, 2007, 06:32 »

Oooo could be a dinosaur egg imagine that... come on hatch yourself a pet dino, it defo does happen as I saw it on tv

WG. · « **Reply #8 on:** July 31, 2007, 08:24 »

How many British snakes / lizards actually lay eggs though? I figure that most give birth to live young.

richyrich7 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 31, 2007, 10:54 »

Quote from: "whisky_golf"

How many British snakes / lizards actually lay eggs though? I figure that most give birth to live young.

Grass snakes lay eggs WG, but adders give birth to live young (viviparous) and slow worms gestate their eggs internally (ovo-viviparous).
Not sure about our lizards though.

wildeone · « **Reply #10 on:** July 31, 2007, 11:04 »

I've PM maisie i'm intrigued to see if she found out what the eggs are?!!! :shock:

:oops: :oops: Oops I thought this was an old post!!! I look a bit impaitent now!!!! :? :?

leeky · « **Reply #11 on:** July 31, 2007, 23:22 »

They might be mole eggs

tali · « **Reply #12 on:** August 06, 2007, 07:05 »

you may find its magpies!!! they steal eggs and have been known to bury them in the ground

muntjac · « **Reply #13 on:** August 06, 2007, 09:36 »

its a french partridge egg and will have been buried by a fox not a magpie .magpies eat the eggs straight away

WG. · « **Reply #14 on:** August 06, 2007, 09:40 »

Quote from: "muntjac"

its a french partridge egg

That's what I reckoned when I posted the picture but Maisie has left us all wondering. Hey Maisie, how about posting again please to confirm?

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Egg in the earth

WG.

WG.

wildeone

WG.