Surprises Big and Small

I have a variety of layers in my hen flock.  They lay all sizes and colors.  I get eggs that are white, brown, beige, green and even blue.  It makes for a lovely carton of eggs.

 

 



Occasionally I get a really big egg.

But for the most part, my eggs are just average side.  They would be sold in the store as large or medium size eggs.

 

 



 

But then last week, I picked up this egg in the hen house.

 

 



It looks like a normal egg, but there was something a bit different about it.  When you put it up against a  regular size egg, this is what you get.

The pictures just don't do it justice.

 



Of course, you can't just leave an egg like that.  I had to see what was inside.  I was amazed at how hard the shell was on it.  I had to give it three really hard whacks just to get it to crack.  Finally it came apart.

 

 

 



 





 A small white with a line of yolk in it.  Actually, I was a bit surprised that it had any yolk at all.  Eggs are fascinating things.

 

 



Springy Things

I know that Spring is going to get here sometime.  It is.  I just know it will.  You'd never have guessed it by the temperatures here the last few days though.  Forty-seven degrees is just not normal for here in the first half of May.

 

 

 

And certainly not by the vast amounts of water that have landed on top of us. 

 

 

 

 

Between the two it's been dank and cold here lately, but supposedly there is a warm spell headed this way.  We'll see.

 

In reality, though, Spring has shown up already.  Many things have bloomed and it's been quiet a show.  Here's some of Spring around the farmette.