Re: lost eggs

In article <Xns974EA345D70A8diddydiddynet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
diddy <diddy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet <Omelet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> composed these thoughts and
> posted them
> 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 :)
>
>

Mmm... more's the pity.
It's irritating when it happens, but it's also kinda fun.

If you know what I mean? <lol>
--
Om.

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