We Are From France

One of the most interesting aspects about having chickens is learning about eggs. Yes, they're incredible. Yes, they're edible. But they're also very different from the perfectly symmetrical, blinding white eggs or the matte brown ones you find in your local  grocery store. They come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors.

Our chickens are Americauna and Maran breeds. That means their eggs are bluish green and brownish read respectively.

And even within our girls there's a variety of colors and shapes on a daily basis. Look at the assortment we got this last Sunday:

Some dark, some light, some speckled, some plain. But all pretty similar. Unlike the egg we got a couple of weeks ago, leading us to ponder whether our chickens were really from Remulak. The egg was a conehead like Beldar, Prymaat, and their daughter Connie.

And yes, it is freakishly large:

Compare it to a "normal" sized egg:

I don't know what's going on out there, but come to think of it, Beldar and Prymaat did give out six packs and fried eggs on Halloween!

Who knows, maybe all that cluck cluck clucking in the backyard translates to four simple words:
WE ARE FROM FRANCE.

"French" chicken?