I don't think they use lead in pencils anymore - it's all carbon - so
presumably that should be fine. Other than that I'd speak to one of the
smallholder suppliers like Ascotts and see what they recommend.

HTH
Karen


-----Original Message-----
From: niobe333 [mailto:niobe333@...]
Sent: 30 June 2004 13:27
To: smallholding@...
Subject: [SmallHolding] Re: Marking Eggs with Dates

Given that, so they tell us, most shop-bought eggs are already weeks old
when they get to the supermarket shelves, I bet you don't really need to
worry - your eggs are probably eaten way fresher than they can buy anything
else!

But sorry, no, don't know of what you could use. Pencil lead sounds dodgy -
presumeably pretty much anything used will get into the egg. Have you tried
the bulletin board at Country Smallholder? There're usually folks who know
things there. The url is:
http://www.countrysmallholding.com/content/bulletinBoard/

Best of luck
Sally
(nervously contemplating buying or renting some land to augment the garden
and allotment and get some 4-legged fauna.)

--- In smallholding@..., fbarleymow <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone know if/where I can get a pen suitable for writing dates
> on eggs.
>
> I'm nervous about giving my chickens eggs to friends & family without
> an indication of how old they are and obviously don't want to mark
> them with something toxic.
>
> Maybe a chinagraph pencil would work?, does anyone out there mark
> their chickens eggs?
>
> Thanks,
> David
> (nervous back garden wannabe farmer)



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