I always forget to post about the hens here, someone must prompt me and I’ll remember!
Anyway, my lazy girls went off lay in November so we haven’t had any eggs at all until the last couple of weeks. Their return to form is taking time and so on Monday I bit the bullet and bought eggs. Of course, today we’ve retrieved four eggs from their nesting boxes which isn’t a bad days haul from eight layers. Three of our girls are pekin bantams and lay very small eggs on a sporadic basis so they don’t count.
The timing couldn’t be better after I bought a snazzy new egg holder from Lakeland on Tuesday. A small prize shall be awarded if you can tell me which row of eggs are the store-bought eggs. I’ll draw a winner and award the prize on Sunday 1st February (don’t get eggcited, it won’t be anything outstanding!). Competition is now closed, winner will be announced on Tuesday!
I’ll be back soon with more crafty goodness – I really am plodding away but can’t post anything as my recent work has been for the owl swap. I do, however, have lots of new purchases to show off including the wool for what will be my first ever adult garment.
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This post was written by Vonnie on January 28, 2009
I’m guessing your girls popped out the 4 big ones at the back?! … Is the grey one real?
I’m actually inclined to say its the middle row cos they r different sizes .
Can’t help but think that the grey one is meat balls :-p
Xxx
I reckon the middle row because of the uneven sizes to.
Sam – the one on the right in the middle? Yes, it’s real. It’s blue!
Kat and Katie – you think my girls laid the middle row or you think the middle row are store bought?
Store bought are last row and the girls eggs are middle row
I say the store bought eggs are the back row.
I still remeber collecting eggs when I was small living on the farm my parents had some silky chickens that laid little blue/grey eggs. I need to work on my owl swap things.. instead of making more rice and lavender warm bags…
I reckon the middle row is the girls.
I wreckon the back row of eggs are the store bought ones. I would love to know which hen laid the grey looking egg!
I meant the middle row was your girls eggs…. that grey colour is all too familiar
I’m rubbish at things like this. ha ha. I’ll say the last row, just because they look different!
Can’t wait to see what wool you’ve bought
back row store bought, their colour is very artificial.
I think the first row are store bought (as in the front row).
Looking forward to seeing the new purchases.
xxx
We think the back row are shop ones!
First row is the store bought. They’re so wee
let me think…
is it the third row from the store?
;p
Middle row!
I reckon the front row is store bought.
The back row are shop bought.
Back row are storebought!
I reckon NONE of them are shop bought and they’ve all been squeezed out to the tune of painful clucking by your girls. x
I think its the back row that are the shop ones,