The picture doesn't do it much justice since the big egg is thicker than the little one, and that doesn't come across in 2D. The giant egg weighs 73g and average egg weighs 49g. That's a 24g difference!!!! Noisy, grouchy, and vocal indeed, I would have sung my heart out too! I am assuming it comes from Big Bertha, we thought for a while she was a Rooster because that's how much bigger she is than the other girls. (*in exasperated voice* "She's big boned ok!") LOL. I have yet to actually catch her in the nest box, so I think this giant egg was from her. It also stands to reason that since she is so much bigger she'd have bigger lungs and thus be noisier. I'll try to get a picture comparison of her vs. another sussie but I'll need a camera assistant and he's at work right now.
Holy ginormous! Wow, that must of hurt. No wonder she was noisy! LOL. How noisy are they? Can the neighbors hear? I want to raise chickens so badly but I'm so worried as to how noisy hens are... I have one neighbor who is very vocal to me about our "problem" areas in our yard. :( BTW, not sure if you saw, I'm currently hosting a giveaway of pie cutters on my blog. If you're interested, today is the last day to enter. http://nycgardening.blogspot.com/2011/04/400-and-100-and-giveaway.html
ReplyDeletemeemsnyc- If you've got a neighbor that tells you about your yard "problems" best steer clear of chickens. They are really quiet 70% of the time, but in early morning from about 6-11 am in the summer they "sing" and grumble about how hard life is and how it sucks that they have to lay eggs every day. But once egg laying is over for the day they are really quiet. You could try ducks, they are generally chatty but in a much lower pitch that doesn't carry like a chicken voice.
ReplyDeleteI saw the give away but didn't enter because I have two leaf shapes and a heart that I got from my grandma's kitchen stash after she died. I figured it wouldn't be fair. Congrats on the 400/100. I think I just passed 300 posts and I only have like 15 followers LOL!
Ouch, won't find an egg like that in the super market.
ReplyDeleteMr.H- I know! We haven't cracked into it yet to see if it's a double yolker, but it's gotta be with that size.
ReplyDeleteAwesome!
ReplyDeleteI have had two oversized eggs like that and both were double-yolkers.
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