Egg withdrawal

[Themellowyellows]

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Hah!

 

[aart]

do I have to put it inside? Or could I put it around?

Yes inside, otherwise it wouldn't hit the egg coming out.
And it will need to be reapplied daily because poop will wipe it off.

 

[Themellowyellows]

Yes inside, otherwise it wouldn't hit the egg coming out.
And it will need to be reapplied daily because poop will wipe it off.

Gotcha! Yay can't wait!

 

[tlcmurphy]

Gotcha! Yay can't wait!

I think I’d prefer becoming temporarily Vegan…

 

[NatJ]

how do I know what egg is her's? Should I put some food coloring around her vet?

I have tried food coloring but not lipstick. Sometimes it worked, sometimes not. "Not working" included experiences like marking the only two hens who laid green eggs, different color for each hen, and then getting a green egg with no food coloring on it. I knew I'd marked them both, so somehow it just didn't work. I've had other times I thought I applied the food coloring the same way, and I got marked eggs from that hen for almost a week before I had to re-apply it. I never did figure it out what the difference was.

If you aren't willing or able to separate her, and don't want to throw out all the eggs, you might try using two colors: mark her vent with one color, and all the other hens' vents with the other color. If you find her egg marked, great! You can eat all the other eggs that day. But if her egg does not get marked, at least you can eat any eggs that got marked with the other color (might not be all the eggs, but should be at least some of them.)

 

[Themellowyellows]

I think I’d prefer becoming temporarily Vegan…

Hah!

 

[Themellowyellows]

I have tried food coloring but not lipstick. Sometimes it worked, sometimes not. "Not working" included experiences like marking the only two hens who laid green eggs, different color for each hen, and then getting a green egg with no food coloring on it. I knew I'd marked them both, so somehow it just didn't work. I've had other times I thought I applied the food coloring the same way, and I got marked eggs from that hen for almost a week before I had to re-apply it. I never did figure it out what the difference was.

If you aren't willing or able to separate her, and don't want to throw out all the eggs, you might try using two colors: mark her vent with one color, and all the other hens' vents with the other color. If you find her egg marked, great! You can eat all the other eggs that day. But if her egg does not get marked, at least you can eat any eggs that got marked with the other color (might not be all the eggs, but should be at least some of them.)

Thank you! Im pretty sure the lipstick thing was a joke lol! It got me!

 

[NatJ]

Thank you! Im pretty sure the lipstick thing was a joke lol! It got me!

I have read of people using lipstick, and I'm pretty sure some of them meant it seriously. But I would not use that particular one for human lips again afterward, just like the food coloring containers I used did not ever go back to the kitchen.

 

[Squawkers]

I have tried food coloring but not lipstick. Sometimes it worked, sometimes not. "Not working" included experiences like marking the only two hens who laid green eggs, different color for each hen, and then getting a green egg with no food coloring on it. I knew I'd marked them both, so somehow it just didn't work. I've had other times I thought I applied the food coloring the same way, and I got marked eggs from that hen for almost a week before I had to re-apply it. I never did figure it out what the difference was.

If you aren't willing or able to separate her, and don't want to throw out all the eggs, you might try using two colors: mark her vent with one color, and all the other hens' vents with the other color. If you find her egg marked, great! You can eat all the other eggs that day. But if her egg does not get marked, at least you can eat any eggs that got marked with the other color (might not be all the eggs, but should be at least some of them.)

Doing that for all of them is a really good idea.

 

[Themellowyellows]

I have read of people using lipstick, and I'm pretty sure some of them meant it seriously. But I would not use that particular one for human lips again afterward, just like the food coloring containers I used did not ever go back to the kitchen.

Okay! Hopefully, I can find orgainc food coloring