Double egg

[Suze65]

My Margie girly laid a long double egg yesterday, I think Alley had one last year.

[emma_mcraf]

Maybe twins, Suze?

[alley cat]

Yes that's right Suze, I would love to see a picture of yours!
What does it weigh? Is it a hermanns?
I will be following this with interest

[Suze65]

Originally Posted by alley cat

Yes that's right Suze, I would love to see a picture of yours!
What does it weigh? Is it a hermanns?

It's a Margie , it's very odd, she laid three normal eggs ( small round , for Margies ) and one tiny one, like a little marble, and this long double egg, just like the one you had Alley, a funny lot really. I'll up load a picture.

[alley cat]

Have you got a picture yet Size?

[emma_mcraf]

How are all your eggs, both Hermanns and Margies, looking Suze? Fingers crossed for signs of chalking.

[Suze65]

The Herman eggs didn't do anything, so I've taken them out, I've now got the Margie eggs, I put the three best ones in the incubator and they are chalking nicely, I've already got homes for them to go to. I decided not to incubate the double egg, as I didn't want to risk all the problems that can happen with twins. So hopefully I will have some babies in a few weeks. I will keep them for the summer and hand them over about September time.

[emma_mcraf]

Good luck with the Margie eggs. You're quick off the mark with new homes for any hatchlings already!
It's a shame the Hermann eggs weren't fertile but at least you have Phoebe to treasure - your own little bit of Sammy and Jemima in her.
I can appreciate your fears regarding the double egg. I'm sure it'd be nerve-wracking watching that one develop...or not, as the case could be.

Looking forward to hearing about the development of the eggs in the incubator and hopefully some hatchling photos in a few weeks.

[Suze65]

Oh yes it's nice to have an excuse to hatch some babies this year, I have two friends locally wanting baby torts so I said I could cook some up, so to speak. And I'm selling tiggy, cos it's a he, and I can't manage another male Margie. But one of these friends has another friend locally who wants a tort and is interested in Tiggy, so she sounds ideal.

[emma_mcraf]

Originally Posted by Suze65

Oh yes it's nice to have an excuse to hatch some babies this year, I have two friends locally wanting baby torts so I said I could cook some up, so to speak. And I'm selling tiggy, cos it's a he, and I can't manage another male Margie. But one of these friends has another friend locally who wants a tort and is interested in Tiggy, so she sounds ideal.

You have some good friends and friends-of-friends. Undoubtedly you must be sad to see Tiggy go but at least a friend-of-a-friend is better than a stranger.
Will this be the first time you've let a tort go?