Is olivia a cockerel...??? :|

[farmerjon1988]

hi all

this is Olivia.......

she is about 30 weeks old now and has never laid an egg

while making scrambled eggs for breakfast this morning i noticed 3 eggs had white circles in them :| i have never seen them in any of our white sussex eggs before and i am baffled.

here is one of the eggs......

sorry about the poor picture quality i took them on my phone, the white spots are much more defined than the pics make them look.

could olivia be the one fetilizing these eggs? could she be a cockerel?
she has never crowed.......but shes never laid an eggs either.

any opinions would be great........ confused

many thanks

 

[Aileen]

Well firstly, Olivia / Oliver...... is beautiful!!
But no not necessarily, if you look at my post just a couple of weeks ago "never laid an egg!" you'll find out I am in the same boat as yourself as is darkbrowneggs.... Their advice to me was to sit it out till mid-end Feb as by then the lighter nights will be well on there way, and lots of sun for egg producing....
So fingers crossed it happens soon, I am desperate for my fresh egg on toast!

Cheeri

A x

 

[foxy]

Doesn't look like a cockerel to me, could very well be wrong though!

That "white spot" is the germ disc, perfectly normal. If it was fertilised sometimes you can see an inner circle or spot (bit like a target )in the middle of the germ disc,very hard to detect in a hens' eggs, however easier to detect in a ducks' egg.

 

[Davidd]

Hello, Olivia is a pullet- she will lay when ready- some silkie crosses can take longer- silkies are not the quickest to come into lay- so dont worry -she will soon
regards, David