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Wednesday 12 June 2013

The mystery egg

I have just checked the nest boxes in the henhouse, this tiny khaki dark speckled egg was in the very back corner of the nest, I moved it closer to the other Holly and Ivy's eggs for the photo so you can compare size and colour.
I wonder which hen laid it . . . If indeed it was one of the hens and not another bird using this as its nest box!

I'll wait to see which hens don't lay today . . . my guess is that it could possibly be Ginger-Spice's egg, she hasn't laid for many many months but often sits in the nest. She used to lay large blunt ended sage green coloured eggs. I wonder? What do you think?


PS: my friends at Linton Kitchen think it is a pheasants egg, because it is just like the ones they sell in their lovely shop! Gosh... could it be? Will she be back to lay more?

PPS: the egg is so small, I now think it it very unlikely to be a pheasant's egg... veering back to thinking Ginger-Spice laid a random tiny egg.

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  1. I'm going through a similar egg-watch at my place, trying to figure out who laid the odd egg.

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    1. Hi Terry, we've had small hens' eggs before but this is very different from anything I've seen before... and the local deli is right, it does look very like a pheasant's egg! We will have to set up the camera and see if we can catch a photo of Mrs Pheasant visiting!

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  2. How exciting. I am hen sitting today for my allotment friends. It would be wonderful if I could find a mystery egg, too!

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    1. Hope the girls laid lots of eggs for you!

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  3. What a treat - I think some furtive birdwatching is called for! Jane x

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  4. Ooh, I would be very excited to find something like that. I do hope you have a good outcome.

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    1. I keep thinking how unlikely it is to be a pheasants, and it probably was laid by Ginger-Spice ... puzzled!

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  5. As soon as I saw the picture, I immediately thought it belonged to a Pheasant!!

    Look forward to seeing if she returns if it is! :0)

    Martin

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  6. As soon as I saw the picture, I immediately thought it belonged to a Pheasant!!

    Look forward to seeing if she returns if it is! :0)

    Martin

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  7. You obviously have a 5 star hen house....they are queuing up to get it! :) x

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  8. Oh that's so exciting! Hope you manage to spot the mystery guest!

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  9. Celia - my cream legbar has recently laid a similar tiny egg this past month and she's done it once before. they tend to only contain white and no yolk.

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