Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

Temperature is in the 60s.

Have a great day!

 

[Shadrach]

Sort of dampish without raining properly. 11C and overcast.
Henry having a bath. No the hens didn't join him. The soil is still too damp for them. I've seen this bathing preference over and over again but can I convince people it's a thing as the Americans say.
It's almost as difficult as convincing people that;
The egg song is a hen calling for a rooster.
Chickens dust bath to remove the old oil they secrete, not parasites
Chickens are tribal creature, not flock creatures.
Chickens are capable of planning a course of action.
Broody hens know they are going to sit before they lay the first egg of a clutch.

We got onto the allotemnts for an hour and a half.

Check this out! Henry has started to use the coop extension roost bar. Doesn't leave a lot of room for me though.

 

[Shadrach]

Look what I found in the nest box. Three different eggs and the fairy egg.
I wonder if Lima who seems the most likely hen laid it.

 

[RoyalChick]

Look what I found in the nest box. Three different eggs and the fairy egg.
I wonder if Lima who seems the most likely hen laid it.
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That looks like a lash egg to me.

 

[Shadrach]

That looks like a lash egg to me.

I'm never quite sure exactly what the difference is.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I'm never quite sure exactly what the difference is.

Lash egg is what you have . Fairy egg has white but no yolk.
Hope this helps.

 

[Perris]

What Penny said.

 

[Perris]

but can I convince people it's a thing

As someone who spent a lifetime in higher education, dealing with very clever people who worked hard and (in recent times) paid a lot of money to be there, I can assure you that the answer is 'no'

 

[BDutch]

I'm never quite sure exactly what the difference is.

A fairy egg is a tiny egg, most of the time without yolk or just a tiny spot of yolk. It contains egg white.

from https://hellohomestead.com/what-is-a-lash-egg.
A lash egg is an egg-shaped mass of tissue, pus and yolk-like material. Expelled by a chicken (in the same manner as an egg), it's typically a symptom of a bacterial infection, and it has caught many chicken owners by surprise. More info in the link.

PS was answered correctly. I didn’t see the previous answers until after this post.

 

[Shadrach]

That looks like a lash egg to me.

Lash egg is what you have . Fairy egg has white but no yolk.
Hope this helps.

What Penny said.

A fairy egg is a tiny egg, most of the time without yolk or just a tiny spot of yolk. It contains egg white.

from https://hellohomestead.com/what-is-a-lash-egg.
A lash egg is an egg-shaped mass of tissue, pus and yolk-like material. Expelled by a chicken (in the same manner as an egg), it's typically a symptom of a bacterial infection, and it has caught many chicken owners by surprise. More info in the link.

PS was answered correctly. I didn’t see the previous answers until after this post.

Thanks everybody. I'll try and remember.