Permaculture in Action

Thursday, August 9, 2012

What a whopper!

The hens are coming back on the lay. Hooray! Today we got just over 1 dozen and the largest was a whopping great 135gms. I don't know how she did it.

Here it is on the left with a normal sized hen egg

Here it is with a duck egg

And here it is with a bantam egg.
It's the largest hen egg we've ever had. I looked to see if any of the hens was suffering from her incredible achievement. But they all appeared OK. Mark said to look out for the one with crossed eyes!


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Kate

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12 comments:

  1. Squiggly RainbowAugust 9, 2012 at 7:05 PM

    That is wonderful! Isn't it great getting egg surprises! Hope you can link in with my garden journals on thursdays! xx

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  2. DEBAugust 9, 2012 at 8:07 PM

    wow i got one 122gm in June and i8t turned out to be a double yolker.

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  3. KimAugust 9, 2012 at 8:18 PM

    Perhaps it is a swan egg. Remember the story of the Ugly Duckling that hatched and was different to all the others?Hatch it!

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  4. KateAugust 9, 2012 at 9:05 PM

    I love that!
    I wonder if it will be a double yolker.
    Bet it's extra delicious.

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  5. Tracey ~ CloverAugust 9, 2012 at 11:14 PM

    What a girl!
    We have one little hen that lays our largest eggs and they always have the most wonderful orange yolks! Enjoy the bounty.

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  6. Kirsty @ Bowerbird BlueAugust 10, 2012 at 12:39 AM

    Oh I'm eggvious.

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  7. AnonymousAugust 10, 2012 at 7:40 AM

    That is one egg. Love your comment on seeing if the other hens were suffering after her achievement.

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  8. Roots and SeedsAugust 10, 2012 at 3:28 PM

    What a whopper, that's for sure! Ouch! I think I counted at least a dozen eggs today as well. No ducks here are laying yet...

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  9. Energiser BunnyAugust 10, 2012 at 8:56 PM

    Wow - now that's an egg! Our little girls are going for it as well. We now have 29 girls and one big boy and we are getting 18-24 eggs a day. Amazing!

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  10. L from 500m2 in SydneyAugust 10, 2012 at 9:43 PM

    That's amazing Kate. Our record is 92grams and I though that was big! You might even have a triple-yolker at that size!

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  11. Mrs HomespunAugust 11, 2012 at 5:26 AM

    Crossed eyes indeed! Lovely to see you back Kate, I missed your posts, although I am sad to hear you will be doing less classes. I have wanted to catch one for ages but the hubby works weekend shift and the girls are playing netball (season's almost over). Cheers.
    PS Was that you I heard on the radio a while back, talking about kids birthday parties?

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  12. LindaAugust 11, 2012 at 7:10 AM

    My girls are boring! That's a beauty!

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