Spoilt chickens????

Lotus-eater

Davesnave wrote: »

Oh, OK then, here's my gal....

Took us a while to get through that particular 'egg!' :rotfl:

And she never walked the same again either.

Davesnave

Lotus-eater wrote: »

And she never walked the same again either.

Would you believe it, the bit that we didn't consume is still rolling around the garden 9 months later. It's like a bit of polystyrene. I noticed one in the neighbour's garden too. Looks like there could be more to come in June/July....:)

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

Would you believe it, the bit that we didn't consume is still rolling around the garden 9 months later. It's like a bit of polystyrene. I noticed one in the neighbour's garden too. Looks like there could be more to come in June/July....:)

I found two that had grown together, then spored, dessicated and shrunk and shrivelled. At first I thought I had found a scrotum in the field and was embarrassingly delighted...then when I picked it up all became clear. I still have it, on my kitchen window sill.:D

stumpycat

lostinrates wrote: »

At first I thought I had found a scrotum in the field ...then when I picked it up

...as any normal person would!
:rotfl::eek:

Lotus-eater

stumpycat wrote: »

...as any normal person would!
:rotfl::eek:

Yeah......... I must admit, I was thinking along those lines.

I love the bit where she says, "I was delighted to find a scrotum", now I don't know about you, but some alarm bells do start ringing. There is a strict no real world contact rule on MSE and I may be starting to see the merits of such a rule.

Lotus-eater

Davesnave wrote: »

Looks like there could be more to come in June/July....:)

I wonder if it's postable? I've never tried any.

Davesnave

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I wonder if it's postable? I've never tried any.

Surely that's real world contact......:p

No, seriously, they keep reasonably well, so if we get another, a slice is yours. They're OK, but I think one tires of them quite quickly, unlike eggs.

stumpycat

I don't know who's the dimmest now - the chooks for not laying in their comfy nest box, or me for not checking the weirdest places... but today on top of the coop (rabbit-hutch style with wire roof, inside a shed) I found 26 eggs.
I've no idea how they got up there - it's about head height and involves chicken gymnastics to get there... so the 'old' ex-batts obviously have a lot of life left in them. We'd been getting 4 eggs a day from 7 hens, which I thought was quite good, but they're obviously producing even more ( I tested the eggs by floating them & most were really fresh.)