incubator and eggs ... daily update

[lynda66]

yeah but but i want them to DO something ........ eggs really don't make great pets.

[BrideXIII]

rubbish, just think of all the woolly things you can knit for an egg, and you can talk to it, without it answering back, plus it can't chase the cats around the lounge

[Finedon.Dandy]

An egg cup makes an eggsellent chair!

[lynda66]

yeah but i've been knittink for weeks, and theres only so many jumpers you can make before they all start to look the same ...... and i don't own any egg cups

[lynda66]

well i may have a bit of bad news ..... i bought a real light bulb today ...... i think one of the babies might have died, it wasn't moving up and down the egg like the other one

keeping fingers very tightly crossed now, but i'm fast losing hope it looks smaller than the still moving one too ....... i wish i knew what i did wrong this time ...... feel so awful for them coming to me and i keep killing them ..... the new eggs should arrive tomorrow, but i'm actually not looking forward to it as much as i was, but as this is going to be the last time i try i guess i've got to go through it......... if it doesn't work i'm going to find some babies somewhere ........ hopefully they won't be as easy for me to kill.

[FionaH]

Ot of interest hon, why are you going down the egg route? How about rescuing some ex bats?

[lynda66]

cos i want ikkle babies that think i'm their mummy ....... and erm cos i accidentally bought an incubator ....... the plan was to get some babies, let them grow a bit, then get the ex-batts when they are a bit older ..... i'd love to have just ex batts, but i wanted some colour in there too

[lynda66]

well it's day 20 so still keeping fingers and toes crossed for tomorrow cos theres still one ikkle one that might hatch ..... and the new eggs have just arrived ....... six of the most beautiful dark brown huggggeee eggs and 4 smaller different coloured ones ..... so i guess this is round 3 ...... wonders how many people are gonna run away screaming now, cos they can't handle the suspense

[MaureenHall]

Wish I COULD run away screaming, but you've had me glued to this pooter for AGES. My house is a tip, there's presents to make and wrap, there's a load of bananas waiting to be somehow processed, there's apples that need making into jelly .......................................

[BrideXIII]

I have taken up the patio slabs....checked this thread.....dug up all the soil underneath.....checked this thread.............re-laid the slabs.....checked this thread......moved greenhouse onto slabs including all contents.....checked this thread......shifted all topsoil to raised beds.........checked this thread...........looked at garden, decided its a building site..........checkin this thread.........
not sure i can go on for much longer, and thats just this morning!!!!!

[lynda66]

lol, well theres no signs of anything happening yet ...... you'll be the first ones to know

[Flummery]

Wish I COULD run away screaming, but you've had me glued to this pooter for AGES. My house is a tip, there's presents to make and wrap, there's a load of bananas waiting to be somehow processed, there's apples that need making into jelly .......................................

How long have you been living in MY house Maureen?

[lynda66]

update ...... the last silkie egg is still alive ..... just checked it before and it wriggled

[MaureenHall]

Your house looks like this? Crikey, but there's only me here to make the mess I've promised myself that tomorrow I WILL slice some bananas and put them in the dehydrator, I WILL make a start on getting the greenhouse up (if it's not raining!), I WILL tidy the conservatory so there's room to get my sewing machine on the table, and I WILL put my motivated-head on in the morning.

I tell fibs sometimes

[MaureenHall]

Lynda, that's great news!! Come on baby, Auntie Maureen's here (not rushing you though, come when you're ready to face Mummy Lynda)