Re: lost eggs

In article <Xns974E32843CC9Ediddydiddynet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
diddy <diddy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> for the past two days, I've complained about reduction in egg laying. I
> just went out to the barn, discovered that I needed to get a new bale of
> hay down from the mow. I found them all. The bale was overflowing in eggs
> to the point two were on the floor, two were in the nest broken, and I
> brought in 14 eggs. I guess the moral of the story is, if you have free
> range hens, and have an abrupt and unexplained egg reduction, go looking.
> :)

ROFL!!!

BTDT.

You also may get a "surprise" if the missing eggs are suddenly
accompanied by a missing hen.....

They can be damn right clever too about hiding a nest!

I've had up to 16 surprises at one time.
Hard to catch those little suckers too!
Wait 'till nightfall.

I caught them to sell them since I was not up to having a batch of
chicks. I let her keep 6 of them.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson
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