Re: lost eggs

OmManiPadmeOmelet <Omelet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> composed these thoughts and
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news:Omelet-737C51.14480817012006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> 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.
I currently have no roosters :)


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