18-04-2014, 07:47 PM | #1 |
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cracked eggs
Tilly laid these eggs today.. They both have fine cracks and don't seem to be covered with calcium properly.
This is her 3rd clutch this year. 2 fertile, 2 unfertile and very lumpy, over calcified looking and then these 2. Any ideas whats going on please? Shall I bin these? She has lumps of chalk, cuttlefish, oystershell freely available and calcium powder on her food everyday.
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18-04-2014, 08:01 PM | #2 |
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If you think the inner membrane is intact you could give them a go by sealing them with liquid plaster or super glue?
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18-04-2014, 08:34 PM | #3 |
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I'll buy some liquid plaster then and see what happens..Thing is the shell is very thin too x
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19-04-2014, 12:08 AM | #4 |
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I agree with Alley Also keep the cracks up. If the egg shells are thin she probably cracked them pushing them around in the nest. Sometimes (even with available calcium) late clutches do come thin shelled.
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Good luck with them, Lynne.
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