Monday, August 1, 2011

The Biggest Egg Ever


Went to collect eggs this evening after dinner. Scot and Dolly decided to go outside for a little while too and brave the heat. As they were playing with the remote control truck I had my little wicker basket in hand. I collected a few eggs earlier and figured I wouldn't get many eggs anyways. It's way too hot !!! So I go in the chicken house and I see one lonely egg lying there all by itself. I got closer and my mouth dropped open and I scooped up, ever so carefully, the biggest egg I have ever seen. It filled my whole hand. I put it in the basket and hurried to get the feed in the tray so I could show it to Scot. It's like some super mega chicken egg that looks impossible for a chicken to deposit. I held it up high and said look at this. He said holy smokes! I hurried up to where he was so he could get a better look at it. He started laughing and asked if I checked the chickens butt that it came out of, I said I wonder which one layed this? I hurried and collected a few eggs out of the other chicken yard. My mind is still in astonishment over this mega egg! I hurried in the house to show Timmy. I said look at this egg!! He looked at it and said man that's a big egg. I said no one can eat this egg for a few days because I have to show this to everyone I know! They won't believe it, I can't believe it! I am going to post pictures on my Facebook so everyone can see this. I hurried (notice I am hurring alot, that's the excitement) to the phone and called my neighbor. Hey Jesse, I got a dozen eggs for you if you will come to the fence and I have to show you this giant egg one of my chickens laid. You won't believe it. I grabbed a dozen of eggs and took my little wicker basket and waited at the fence for him. I loved the expression on his face when he looked at it. That's a big egg! Big as a turkey egg! I went back to Scot and Dolly who was now getting ready to go swimming in her little pool. I have to go show this to Katrina (my other neighbor). She has chickens and she won't believe this when she sees it. By then Timmy comes out of the house and him and Scot look at each other with big grins on their faces. Timmy looks at me with the oh yeah, I am so guilty smirk look on his face. I ask.... did you put that egg in there? He bust out laughing and I said where did you get that egg from? It's a goose egg from down town. Oh Timmy !!! By then we are all laughing. Scot said I am glad he finally told you before you hit the entire neighborhood. I had nothing to do with this but I have to admit it was a pretty good joke. What am I going to do with this egg now I ask? Timmy says, put it back and let one of your chickens hatch it. That would be perfect but none of them are sitting right now. But Katrina has an incubator and I could ask her what she thinks. So I headed off to her house and again, if you could have seen her face when I showed it too her. She wanted to know if I had an ostrich I was hiding at my house. I told her the story and she laughed. She suggested to candle it and if something is growing in there it's probably hot enough to hatch on it's own. So I stuck it back in the nest box and I think when Mack comes to visit me tomorrow I will send him out to see if there are any eggs ...... I haven't seen Timmy smile and be so happy with himself in a long time. Two thumbs up for you Timmy, this IS the best one ever.

1 comment:

dons_mind said...

scot told us that story at work too! it's a good one! lol