My first egg

[carlshave]

Hello all, one of my breeding pair had there first egg today, I moved them into there breeding cage 6 days ago so hasn't took that long, hopefully the others will follow lol, is it best to mark the egg if so wot type of pen is best?

[Bonesy]

Congrats! I don't use a pen if I can help it, the ink can cause problems on the shell, a simple soft 3B, B or HB will work just fine as long as you don't press hard. Use it lightly. I have a cheap set from the poundshop for this purpose alone, all the H pencils are still untouched but all my stuff from HB to the B4 is short and stumpy now, lol.

Here's a pic of some old eggs of mine with pencil on them;



I think one is DIS in this photo hence the greyness to them, it's a reference pic off my website

Soph.

[barrieshutt]

At 6 days old it may not be fertile , i have used a number of felt tipped pens with no problem.this should be the last time you handle the egg

[carlshave]

Hiya thanks for the help, they only been in breeding cage for six days they paired befor that in the colony