skyroller
9 posts
Nov 01, 2006
12:52 AM
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hi all,
my mate sent me some eggs (his birds roll much better & comes from a Canadian strain) today. 4 eggs came out damaged. 1 had a small dent (no liquid came out at all), 2 has a microscopic crack (i know because the cotton/packing material was glued to the egg) and the liquid came out a little & 1 had a 1mm bump (like getting your car door hit by another car) but no liquid came out. these eggs are freshly laid a few days ago.
question is if i seal the eggs with some tape/etc & put them under the birds tomorrow, will they make it?? anyone with similar experience, pls advise. i have limited qty of these eggs & need them to get the kind of birds that roll good.
cheers.
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bman
74 posts
Nov 01, 2006
6:19 AM
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I have used clear nail polish with some success.
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Ron
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Santandercol
384 posts
Nov 01, 2006
5:53 PM
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Hey Sky,
I've dented a couple of eggs while candling them to see if they were fertile.Didn't do anything 'cept sheepishly put 'em put 'em back in the nest.They hatched.That egg that had packing material stuck to it might not make it because some of the goodies leaked out.Are you down in Aus there Skyroller?
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Kelly
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skyroller
10 posts
Nov 02, 2006
11:06 AM
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thanks for the advice. much appreciated. i'll try to save the ones that didn't leak.
santandercol, i'm from auckland, newzie mate. :) one of the very very few who fancies this breed...
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Santandercol
388 posts
Nov 02, 2006
2:52 PM
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Skyroller,
Hey cool!I lived there for 5 years in my teens,1970's.Can't remember seeing many pigeons,true.Just the Wood Pigeons.Cook Street Market,Queens Street,Ponsonby,Waihi,Tapu,Coromandel,my hangouts in those days.Hah!!Long ways for a pigeon to go tho!!Good luck with those eggs.Don't handle them to much.
In the Sport,
Kelly
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parlorfancier916
156 posts
Nov 04, 2006
5:24 PM
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um... one suggestion, next time your mate sends you eggs, tell him to write on the box, FRAGILE
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