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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Local chicken - 1/4 pound egg
  • Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:24:57 -0800 (PST)

No; I didn't know that, either. I suppose the ethos of chickens would
therefore be centered upon pre-determination, rather than free will. I'm
still curious to what sage said about what causes chicken eggs to color. I
assumed it was the breed of the chicken. I guess I was wrong......bobford


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--- On Sat, 11/22/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Local chicken - 1/4 pound egg
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 6:35 AM
> On Nov 21, 2008, at 11:29 PM, bob ford wrote:
>
> > 'I'll be'. Yours looks like it could
> easily be 1/4 ib. also. Your blog pic said that all eggs
> start out white and change colors being delivered. How does
> that explain "blue" or "brown" eggs.
> What causes the color?
>
> Egg talk is fun. Did you know that the nucleus of every egg
> a hen will ever lay is within her when she emerges from the
> shell?







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