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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

 A Texas lady eating at taco bell?  'must have not been thiking.  I'm glad 
your sheep is allright.  If she has glaucoma, you know what the proper plant 
to grow to rwlieve her pain, and you are knowledagble enough to do it without 
getting into trouble.

Did the vet just sew the eye shout, or does she get a prosthetic eye.  How 
does it work?


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--- On Sat, 11/22/08, eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:

> From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Local chicken - 1/4 pound egg
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com
> Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 12:53 AM
> I read in Backyard Poultry magazine that all egg gets coated
> with the color as they are extruded. I just looked and
> haven't seen a reference to this otherwise online...we
> have hens that lay all the colors.
> 
> Phoebe is a sheep--but she's not very sheeplike.
> Surgery went well. The vet could not tell if the eye
> ruptured from trauma or from internal pressure, like
> glaucoma. They worked on her feet while she was out. I have
> trouble trimming her hoofs because of those horns. I have to
> give her antibiotic shots over the weekend and just monitor
> the situation. I'm sure she'll be in a bad mood
> tomorrow! Fortunately some cloud cover moved in and it's
> not as cold tonight, or she'd be in the house.
> 
> I made the mistake of grabbing lunch at Taco Bell, and I
> have been hugging the toilet all night. What a day. I'm
> wasted.
> 
> --Sage
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:29:59 -0800 (PST)
>  bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> 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?
> > 
> > p.s. I'm a little curious of what the end result
> of the goat and her eye ................bobford
> > 
> >
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> > 
> > 
> > --- On Fri, 11/21/08, eureka AT hctc.net
> <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >> 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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