Yahoo homepage news... "Hen in Mexican village lays rare eggs...."

[V Chic Chick]

Not only has this story gone national, it's crossed the Atlantic and got covered here too. It's quite amazing given that green / blue eggs are sold in all the major supermarkets here - for a premium

 

[Cheekon]

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You think someone would have said something by now......

 

[1acrefarm]

I have three rare green egg layers. How foolish of me I have thought of culling 2 of them. I am rich.

 

[DuckLady]

Wow. Just because something is common and known to us as chicken owners, it doesn't mean that other cultures or countries know it all.
I bet there are a lot of things in this world that are unknown to us here on BYC, but are common knowledge to others.
Before I had chickens, I didn't know that there was such a thing as a green or blue egglaying hen.

 

[Frozen Feathers]

The reporter should have done the research before making this international news and looking silly. A quick Google search would have cleared that up. I understand that the lady owning probably doesn't even own a computer let alone internet access, but and American reporter has no excuse at all.

Maybe a better story is the fact that lady received hens as a care package, most likely from Heifer International , and might boost charities like Heifer's funds a bit, so they can send more green egg laying hens to families in need.

 

[1acrefarm]

I don't blame the woman for thinking she had something rare. I believe these hotshot news agencies have the tools for research. Why spend a small fortune to report something that makes your news organization a laughing stock when the research would have took all of 5 minutes.

 

[BantyChickMom]

I just hope she sold some of her "rare eggs" to those foolish reporters before they left.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

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Agree!