Re: Is there a serious problem here?

From: Mary Fisher (mary.fisher_at_zetnet.co.uk)
Date: 07/16/04


Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 19:51:33 +0100


"Darkginger" <darkginger@drowelf.net> wrote in message
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> "John" <john.heaps@ntlworldYOUR-PANTS.com> wrote in message
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> My hens do this from time to time - I think of it as a little bit of
> punctuation between real eggs. Got a whopper of an egg yesterday from one
of
> the 'newbies' (we have 4 year olds, and 4 just past POLs) who are still
> getting into the swing of things - probably a double yolker -

OUCH!

> it was funny
> seeing it next to the latest 'quail' egg.

Might be funny to you, mate! Having had five children, three VERY large, I
sympathise with the hens :-)

> I tend to keep my little ones as
> conversation pieces (I have boring friends!).

Keep talking!
>



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