Like they say it's often better to be lucky than good. I know they subscribe to it in India, Thailand, Australia, Cuba, puerto Rico, the VI and Jamaica. So that many cockers can't just be superstitious if they are having success. Much like how a math(algebra) equation was considered to be correctly resolved, if 2 mathematicians used the same method to solve that was considered to be the correct one.
That is one of my favorite quotes!
If your eggs are soft the hens need more vitamin E sir. It's not an abnormal thing for that to be due to the mineral or lack there of in Cali desert soil. It usually hardens quickly, but in such cases only if there was a particular force applied would the egg take a form that it might not have otherwise. These eggs are likely to appear more round and only truly differing in size not shape in the difference of hen or cock. So again if you have been raising the same birds for 20+ years like much of us and you have established a standard it can be done. It's only science not magic, law of large numbers. In my observation of different lines, my honest opinion is that it isn't shape but the comparative size of the egg. That one hole in a hen serves so many functions, but it is only so big you know what I'm saying...lol
no not as of yet just hot. Very bad in north Louisiana though
