Ribh's D'Coopage

[drstratton]

Ha'penny is laying eggs nearly double the size of her sisters'.
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Wow, that's definitely a nice egg!

 

[Ribh]

Wow, that's definitely a nice egg!

Yes, she's a Golden Campine & should be laying a small to medium egg. Instead she has gone for the larger size. She is considerably larger than the Silvers so I guess it's ok...?

 

[Ribh]

I'm totally confused now. I need to make a list.

It's my fault, Bob. A squab is a small pigeon but I have confused it with a similar word referring to small fish & now I can't find the quote so can't totally sort the mess out. At some point I will find it & there will be this totally random post...

 

[drstratton]

Yes, she's a Golden Campine & should be laying a small to medium egg. Instead she has gone for the larger size. She is considerably larger than the Silvers so I guess it's ok...?

One of my smaller girls has laid several of the double yolk eggs I've gathered...so far she seems fine!

 

[Ribh]

One of my smaller girls has laid several of the double yolk eggs I've gathered...so far she seems fine!

Yes, I worry more when there's striations on the shell. It means someone is stressed & I don't like that.

 

[drstratton]

Yes, I worry more when there's striations on the shell. It means someone is stressed & I don't like that.

Agreed...I've seen that a couple of times, but I don't know which hen laid them. Thankfully it hasn't happened to often!

 

[Ribh]

Agreed...I've seen that a couple of times, but I don't know which hen laid them. Thankfully it hasn't happened to often!

I'm lucky in that I can usually tell whose egg is whose & keep an eye out.

 

[drstratton]

I'm lucky in that I can usually tell whose egg is whose & keep an eye out.

The only eggs I know for sure are from my FBCM, my OE & my two EE's!

 

[Ribh]

Some time ago @rjohns39 & @Grammy60 gifted me this lovely handmade basket.
Most of the people I regularly gift eggs to hang onto their cartons for me & I divvy the eggs up in such a way everyone gets a mix of large ~small, blue, white & brown eggs.
I recently ran out of cartons so have been putting my 3~4 dozen in the basket & just asking people to take what they can use from it. It has been an interesting exercise in people watching.

Who ever gets 1st choice usually takes all the biggest eggs but the 7th Day Adventists always take the brown eggs first. The guy with the daschunds always takes all the blue eggs ~ as does the chef. The small white eggs are least popular of all & whoever is last tends to get left with those.

They all taste the same.
Everyone throws the shells away.

So who has a preference?

 

[RoyalChick]

Some time ago @rjohns39 & @Grammy60 gifted me this lovely handmade basket.
Most of the people I regularly gift eggs to hang onto their cartons for me & I divvy the eggs up in such a way everyone gets a mix of large ~small, blue, white & brown eggs.
I recently ran out of cartons so have been putting my 3~4 dozen in the basket & just asking people to take what they can use from it. It has been an interesting exercise in people watching.

Who ever gets 1st choice usually takes all the biggest eggs but the 7th Day Adventists always take the brown eggs first. The guy with the daschunds always takes all the blue eggs ~ as does the chef. The small white eggs are least popular of all & whoever is last tends to get left with those.

They all taste the same.
Everyone throws the shells away.

So who has a preference?
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Pretty basket and lovely willow pattern plates!
I can see wanting eggs of similar sizes (eg for baking) but funny that people would be so picky when you are gifting eggs!