What can i use? ..... Marking eggs.

[SoCalChick]

I want to mark the eggs under my broody hen. I tried pencil and in 2 days i can barely see the marks. Any other ideas what i can use thats safe.....

 

[lemurchaser]

Food coloring? I don't know, just offering ideas.

 

[SoCalChick]

Thats very clever!!!! Thank u.

 

[BarkerChickens]

pencil is safest, BUT mark both ends, not the sides since the sides get rubbed off. You can heck every few days and touch up if needed (I rarely needed to touch up the ends with my broody).

 

[SoCalChick]

ok

thank you.

 

[flgardengirl]

I used a silver colored pencil on my dark maran eggs and it shows up great. You could try using other colored pencils on your other egg colors...experiment and see which color shows up the best.

 

[Godsgrl]

we use crayons. Good luck~

 

[evonne]

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i've used crayon when my kids run off with all my pencils... why do't they run off with all the crayons??? hhmm...

i know they say don't use markers cause the smells...

i like the food coloring idea.... but would that transfer to new wggs that aren't sposed to be marked if he hen comes back slightly wet from whatever.. ?? dew, snow, puddles, etc? if you try it post results please?

 

[jeslewmazer]

I agree pencil is the safest. Maybe try very small stickers, or a small piece of clear tape and make on the tape with permanent marker? Trying to cover the smallest area as possible. Don't know how safe this would be though.

 

[SoCalChick]

thank you all! I combined several different answers and i think i have these eggs pretty well marked (safely)! Thnk you for all your imput - it really helped!