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One of our hens laid one that big this summer and it only 
had one yolk. Left hand is mine, right one holding the 
eggs is my husband's...and we both have big hands:
http://flowerweaver.blogspot.com/2008/07/that-must-have-hurt.html

--Sage


On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:12:08 -0800 (PST)
 bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> This is from my local paper.'says an egg this big is 
> rare.  There is a pic on the paper's site, if you click 
> on the link.  I don't know if it is as unusal as the 
> article reads...............bobford
>
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> Southwest Valley
>
> Tolleson chicken lays rare 4-ounce egg
>
> by Jonathan J. Cooper - Nov. 21, 2008 08:42 AM
>
> The Arizona Republic 
>
> Stan Wilkinson thought his son was pulling his leg when 
> he brought a large egg in from their Tolleson backyard 
> chicken coop. 
>
> At 4 ounces, the egg is almost twice the size of a 
> standard egg.
>
> Wilkinson is no amateur egg man. He grew up on a farm 
> with thousands of chickens and he's seen his fair share 
> of eggs. 
> "I never saw an egg this big," he said. "I've never 
> heard of anything like this before."
>
> Wilkinson is unsure which of his 11 hens laid the giant 
> egg. He thinks it was the largest, a Japanese silky named 
> Kika. 
>
> He usually collects the eggs from his chicken coup each 
> night and has scrambled eggs every morning, he said.
>
> A chicken expert said the 4-ounce egg is rare.
>
> Hickman's Family Farms, a Buckeye-based egg producer 
> with 3 million chickens, occasionally sees eggs too big 
> to fit in the company's largest cartons, said Clint 
> Hickman, vice president of sales. 
>
> He said the egg might contain more than one yolk or no 
> yolk at all. Abnormally large eggs are usually produced 
> by the oldest and youngest hens, he said.
>
> http://www.azcentral.com/community/swvalley/articles/2008/11/21/20081121swv-bigegg1121.html
>
>
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