05.13.09
Bigger is NOT better
As American’s we tend to think bigger is better. In the following case, it is not.
Last week I collected the eggs as usual. My hen’s are molting and I didn’t expect many eggs. I got this…
What in the world? Yes that is a chicken egg next to a ‘normal’ sized chicken egg. Unfortunately the hen that laid this enormous egg did not survive the ordeal. She prolapsed after the egg came out and…well, died. There was something definately wrong with her neither regions though. Her eggs were always wrinkled and bumpy. And last fall when she molted, she couldn’t walk. I put her in a cage and nursed her back to health. Maybe I didn’t do her any favor as I think I should have let her go during the molting process.
On a lighter note, we had a visitor yesterday. 
We’ve only seen one wild turkey ( no not the bottled kind!) this spring. Last year there were several that used to walk up our road. Maybe the bobcat got them and this is the only remaining hen. If so that is too bad. Maybe I should catch her and put her in with the chickens. That would shake things up!