Re: Bantam suddenly started laying tiny eggs !

HI Again All

On Sat, 28 May 2005 21:39:44 +0100, Adrian Brentnall <adrian-the
papers and the trash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>HI Jill
>Thanks for the comments
>
>On Sat, 28 May 2005 20:33:04 +0100, " Jill."
><news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Adrian Brentnall wrote:
>>> Hi All
>>> Our Welsummer bantam has been happily laying 'bantam-sized' eggs all
>>> spring - but the last couple of days she's been producing really tiny
>>> eggs - about one inch long.....
>>>
>>> Any idea why this might be - and what we can do about it ???
>>
>>Heat stress ! [as much as it pains me to say it as we have temperatures
>>around 10'C and wet gales that would not look out of place in October!!! --
>>oh yes its Bank holiday]
>
><grin>
>Yes - it's certainly been a bit warm - but I think this started a
>couple of days before the very hot weather.....
>
>>
>>Serious you down there I gahter have had some serious temperatures
>
>Yes - was 20 C last night as I drove home at 9pm.....
>too hot for comfort (IMHO) - looking forward to moving to Ireland -
>where it's a bit more temperate, or so I'm led to believe
>
>>
>>make sure she has cool places to go
>>lots of cool water
>
>Yes - she's got that - big area for free-ranging - lots of hedges to
>hide under - also a drinking fountain in the shade
>
>>
>>They often don't drink enough in hot weather especially when it comes out of
>>the blue as in the UK -- eggs are a high percentage of water so they can
>>make small eggs
>>
>>[look for any other stress factors just in case]

Would you believe that said hen has started laying 'normal' eggs again
- usual size etc.....

Out of idel interest (it's a quiet Bank Holiday Sunday out here in the
sticks !) we cracked open the two tiny eggs that she laid before - and
both of them were missing the yolks - just white, though & through...

Most odd - but great if you like meringues <g>

Let's hope she's over whatever it was that had upset her

Odd things - hens.....

Adrian
Suffolk UK
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