Goodie!! Thanks cheerfulheart.
Funnily enough the first ceraminc chicken on the page is exactly the same as the one my mum had! Now I have to find one in the US.
My mother bought our eggs from the "egg man" who used to come to the house once a week with fresh eggs. She kept them in a ceramic chicken on the kitchen counter. Nobody ever got sick. I would love to find a ceramic chicken like mum used to have but I haven't seen once here in the US.