tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post5399987292954783782..comments2023-04-28T07:40:16.827-05:00Comments on Unbagging the Cats 1: Which Came Intermediately, the Chicken or the Egg?Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post-43127943878678798582012-06-17T14:15:52.667-05:002012-06-17T14:15:52.667-05:00ingasmile,
Thanks for that info. Maybe they are pr...ingasmile,<br />Thanks for that info. Maybe they are practice eggs. I can't figure out why we've never seen these tiny eggs before. Maybe the new layers don't lay in the coop, but out on the grounds somewhere until they get the hang of things. <br /><br />We've got 40 chickens now, but I don't know the rooster count. When it gets to be a problem, they take a ride to the auction.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post-77473455944449407762012-06-17T01:31:14.732-05:002012-06-17T01:31:14.732-05:00We have only been raising chickens for a little ov...We have only been raising chickens for a little over 2 years and yes, our new layers tend to lay smaller eggs and they increase in size and strength (egg shell) as they grow older. <br /><br />Those eggs are so cute! We have 5 that lay green eggs and 2 brown layers.<br /><br />Ingaingasmilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13937279012682883776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post-63548875172806528202012-06-15T15:35:10.916-05:002012-06-15T15:35:10.916-05:00Bailey,
I'm trying to think of what critter mi...Bailey,<br />I'm trying to think of what critter might sneak in and leave a tiny egg. At least it's not leathery.<br /><br />**************<br />Sioux,<br />Yeah, he can eat it or shut up about it being a regular chicken egg. The ones with double yolks he sets aside for himself. But not the itty bitty ones. And why did he take one out on the porch to crack it open, huh? Unless he was afraid what might shoot out of it.<br /><br />***************<br />Chick,<br />This is the second little egg. According to Hick. But then in the heat of the "discussion" he bragged that he had two more tiny eggs in his refrigerator in the barn. Since he doesn't cook over there, I'm not grasping the purpose of hiding the tiny eggs.<br /><br />***************<br />Leenie,<br />Cowabunga, Dude! That would explain a couple of theories.<br /><br />***************<br />Stephen,<br />I AM an educator, you know. Just doing my little part to keep the world informed.<br /><br />***************<br />Linda,<br />I have not read that book. And I hope that we don't have alligators on the prowl. A snake, maybe. Or a lizard. But this egg wasn't leathery like a couple we found before.<br /><br />***************<br />Kathy,<br />What an ambitious undertaking! Hopefully, Jeff never tried to butcher the neighbor's pot-bellied pigs, mine copper from the back yard, set another neighbor's field on fire with fallen fireworks, or used a sinkhole as nature's wastebasket for old cabinets and dead possums. Because if he did, there might be a genetic connection.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post-88329542374384516402012-06-15T13:49:37.659-05:002012-06-15T13:49:37.659-05:00Weird egg. I wouldn't eat it, either. I say th...Weird egg. I wouldn't eat it, either. I say that Hick should be the taste tester in this. Or perhaps he should slip it under a setting hen .......<br />Back in the 80's, when water beds were all the rage, my son Jeff, a middle schooler at the time had a water bed. I went in to change linens one day and noticed that the bed was too hot to sleep comfortably and checked the thermostat. It was at the highest setting. As I was removing the sheets and pillows I discovered his reason for having such a hot bed. Duck eggs, he was trying to hatch duck eggs. In his bed. Could he be related to Hick?Kathy's Klotheslinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881966393157941515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post-77956153390639984332012-06-15T06:11:51.130-05:002012-06-15T06:11:51.130-05:00Have you ever read, Flap Yor Wings, a children'...Have you ever read, Flap Yor Wings, a children's book by P.D. Eastman about a pair of birds who find an egg in their nest? They hatched an alligator. Watch out! Hick's trying to put one over on you.Linda O'Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15982895073903619018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post-83740516517389469602012-06-15T00:02:44.168-05:002012-06-15T00:02:44.168-05:00I had no idea chicken eggs came in different sizes...I had no idea chicken eggs came in different sizes.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post-58806807836895788902012-06-14T21:38:21.833-05:002012-06-14T21:38:21.833-05:00Teen-aged mutant NINJA CHICKENS!Teen-aged mutant NINJA CHICKENS!Leeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655189620056032790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post-40441844750604060502012-06-14T18:17:18.811-05:002012-06-14T18:17:18.811-05:00I don't know when chickens reach sexual maturi...I don't know when chickens reach sexual maturity and maybe it's different for fowl, but songbirds, parrots and raptors DO NOT lay their eggs until they reach sexual maturity, which can range in age anywhere from 1 year to 5 years of age.<br /><br />Is that the only small egg? Or have there been more? It could be weird mutant sterile egg. I've noticed it on occasion in my tree sparrow nest boxes, where they lay an egg that's a different color or are very small. Those never hatch.Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00516832244348723175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post-30508100801098265412012-06-14T17:39:46.666-05:002012-06-14T17:39:46.666-05:00I think Hick is an egg-head.
Perhaps HE should cr...I think Hick is an egg-head.<br /><br />Perhaps HE should crack it open and make a breakfast for himself out of this "egg."Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44153327583799894.post-66680110266494447212012-06-14T16:34:54.327-05:002012-06-14T16:34:54.327-05:00We have banties and regular chickens as well, and ...We have banties and regular chickens as well, and none of them lay eggs that small. Not even our young banty hens. Perhaps you have a phantom layer?Bailey Hammondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12438805090275443619noreply@blogger.com