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Barnyard Buddies:  Birth of an egg, the coolest thing I've seen since  |
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CherryPie
True Blue Farmgirl
935 Posts
Kimberly Ann
Puyallup
WA
USA
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 Posted - Dec 03 2009 : 09:00:54 AM
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Does it make me weird that watching my hen lay an egg (literally, she had her butt facing the open coop door) is the coolest thing I've seen since witnessing the birth of my niece? Seriously, I can't remember seeing anything so awe-inspiring and amazing since then. Nature is absolutely marvelous.
Kimberly Ann
Farmgirl Sister #225
Crochet Geek, Newbie Fiddler, Would-be Farmer, Backyard Chicken Rancher
http://beesinourbonnetsintheburbs.blogspot.com/ |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Dec 03 2009 : 09:11:58 AM
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You are too sweet, to be so innocent as to be awed by something so natural and simple as an egg, please never change.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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CherryPie
True Blue Farmgirl
935 Posts
Kimberly Ann
Puyallup
WA
USA
935 Posts |
Posted - Dec 03 2009 : 09:59:35 AM
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I should add that we've had a lot of tragedy getting to this egg. We lost our first three birds (buff orps) to a mystery illness and our fourth bird to an impacted crop (which I tried to rectify myself over a holiday weekend - long, ugly story). Our last two girls are doing fine and now finally an egg. It's been a hard road to get to the perfect over easy egg I just ate. :-)
Kimberly Ann
Farmgirl Sister #225
Crochet Geek, Newbie Fiddler, Would-be Farmer, Backyard Chicken Rancher
http://beesinourbonnetsintheburbs.blogspot.com/ |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Dec 03 2009 : 11:40:00 AM
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I still think it's a miracle myself. I have caught a few laying and they just stand there for so long afterwards. Like they're in a daze. I wonder if they get a little paralyzed from the awful pain it must cause. It's gotta hurt like heck. I can't even imagine what it must feel like. And to do that every day, too. I hope it's like childbirth and they forget what it feels like right after.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
2707 Posts
Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Dec 03 2009 : 4:51:11 PM
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I have never actually seen it happen, that would be cool to see. I just go out there and pick up the eggs.
Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran
beverley baggett Beverley with an extra E...
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marcy jo
True Blue Farmgirl
453 Posts
Marcy
Wawaka
Indiana
USA
453 Posts |
Posted - Dec 05 2009 : 07:05:26 AM
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I have watched my hen- just happened to be there at the right time- and was amazed. This summer my ds (11) brought me a real warm egg and was absolutely amazed when he told me he watched her spit it out!! It was so cool that he is awed by that!
Marcy #257
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happydaze
True Blue Farmgirl
136 Posts
lorraine
atlanta
ni
USA
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Posted - Dec 05 2009 : 5:37:02 PM
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| I really dont think it hurts them. it doesnt look like it does anyway/ but it sure is fun to watch them come out/ seen a turtle laying once along the road.facinating! I love watching them hatch too, I just stay glued to the incubator window from first pip to first step |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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Posted - Dec 07 2009 : 03:46:47 AM
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I've only ever seen it once w/ a silkie hen. Por thing would wail every time she laid.
It is cool
As an animal keeper, I never get tired to seeing stuff like this |
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