One of my Delawares laid an egg like that last year. It was crazy! I couldn't believe my eyes when I cracked it open and there was an egg inside an egg. Apparently this can happen on occasion, the inner egg is almost complete when it is "overtaken" by another egg, which enshells them both. Here are photos of mine. Here it is surrounded, on a 12"x12" tile, with some other eggs, including a turkey egg at the bottom: The normal sized Delaware eggs on the sides weighed 1.5 to 2 ounces. The Marans egg weighed 2.5 ounces. The turkey egg weighed 3 ounces. The incredible big egg weighed: 6.5 ounces!
Oh and I forgot to add, I couldn't tell which Delaware hen laid the egg. None of them had any prolapse of any kind. That was almost as amazing as the egg, that a hen could lay an egg that big successfully.
I just got back from Desert Survivors Nursery. It is a really neat place and great for taking my mother visiting from MI for a leisurely morning walk. I'm really looking forward to checking it out in spring when everything is coming to life. Of course I couldn't leave without something. I got one of the last two San Rafael Quince trees! It's part of the Kino Heritage Tree project referred to earlier by Squeakyballs and MagicChicken. It's so awesome to have a piece of living history. Hopefully, Gallina del Cielo will share my enthusiasm.
Kelly, the guy who helped me, said he had the pleasure of eating one of the fruits last year. He said that as soon as the fruit was brought inside it filled the house with it's intoxicating aroma. The selling point for me was that it great for cooking, but was also spectacularly good straight off the tree, without the astringent taste associated with some fresh quinces. He said it was like eating an amazing sweet-tart. Now to find a good spot for it.
I'm very much looking forward to the Desert Survivors spring sale this March. Members only: Sat., March 9, Public and Members: Tues. March 12 through Sat. March 16. I'm already thinking about places to squeeze in more plants.
I can't find the cartoon, again, but it reminds me of the one about the chicken having the hot affair with the ostridge. It is absolute hysterical. I really need to save that to one of my albums so that I can post it again!
Yes, you do and unfortunately someone in your family has to be military. My grandfather was a Lt. Col. in the Air Force and now I get to reap the benefits of that through the most awesome insurance company!
