Any day now ???

[francesbean]

We'll have had the girls for 3 weeks tomorrow and Roxy one of the pepperpots, has got redder wattles and top thingy overthe past 10 days, shes also crouching when I go to pet her - Im told this is her expecting a visit from cockrel (me!). Today whilst tidying up the eglu, I noticed she seemed to be flexing her vent - a bit like chicken .pelvic floor excercises. Are these the signs that an egg is to be expected??

Maisie and pippa are showing none of these signs, just roxy.

I havent put much bedding in the nest box, as they seem to just use the roosting bars, should I put some in now just in case?

[janeyo]

It does sound like she may be getting ready! How exciting

I would put a bit of bedding in there, you don't want the first ones to be cracked - and maybe a golf ball to let her know where she is meant to go?

Our first ones were all over the place, mainly under the perches though and did get cracked - i think they got taken by surprise! By the third or forth egg from each girl they were doing it in the rihgt place, then I took the gof ball out. One of ours laid a good 3 weeks or so before the others, one every 2 or 3 days getting bigger and bigger til she was well in her stride!

janeyo

[francesbean]

Cheers Janeyo- hadnt thought about a false egg. I'll see what I can find.

[JILLY JACKSON]

Hi Francesbean,how exciting for you!You'll get some lovely eggs very soon!My bantams have started laying too.The eglu is great isn't it?having fun with it.Let us know when the first egg arrives.

[francesbean]

He He - it arrived this morning, I went out with a handful of straw,ready for alittle tidyup and there it was- on the roosting bars and a little cracked but otherwise a perfect little egg.

Now pippas doing a bit of crouching- ovbiously spurred on by her clever friend.

Oh and best news is my best friend had a baby boy at same time this morning.

Hows your lawn Jilly (and hubby)!

[shirlthegirl43]

Well done Roxy - and your friend too

[JILLY JACKSON]

Fantastic!Great feeling having your own eggs.Our lawn was ok but we moved the eglu ontopart dug ground that needed more digging,bless em they're doing a fine job! will drag eglu onto new ground again tonight.Hubby helps a bit with moving them which is more than i deserve,as he didn't know i was getting them .Going down now to give them a treat of mealworms.Keep posting.