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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-10 03:09 AM
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Eggs
Edited on Sat Apr-10-10 03:11 AM by uppityperson
Our dozen chickens are laying 6 a day since several are broody, but we've been finding the weirdest egg recently. They are large and seem really heavy, even for their large size. Brown with speckles and pointy on one end.

Whomever is laying this egg has been laying in the yard, not in one of the nest boxes.

They look like the bottom 2 in this picture (the top one looks like the regular chicken eggs):



MrUP finally had the lightbulb go off in his head while feeding the birds recently. Our kid has bought several turkeys last fall and butchered all but the youngest so she could get larger. She's now a fully mature turkey and we could hatch more except all the boys went away at New Yrs.
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napoleon_in_rags Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-10 03:28 AM
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1. Be careful. Strange eggs can be a sign of undesirables breeding with your chickens.
Above all, watch for long eared fuzzy guys that show up in the weeks before Easter:



;)
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-10 06:43 AM
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2. This thread is so educational.
I learned where Easter eggs come from and also learned what turkey eggs look like.

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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-10 07:22 AM
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3. lol
:rofl:
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-10 12:10 PM
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5. O_O!!!
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-10 09:09 AM
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4. Y'all are just too funny.
Thanks for the (sex) education.
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