Slow news day, or the most interesting agriculture story ever posted on Obscure Store? You decide. (Des Moines Register)
Monday, February 28, 2011
Chicken in Iowa lays egg that's much larger than "Jumbo"
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Tourism in Iowa? Who knew?
Posted by: Sheila | Monday, February 28, 2011 at 12:33 PM
I'm going to make a special trip to Iowa just to see this egg in person.
Posted by: twerp | Monday, February 28, 2011 at 12:37 PM
Nice mullet, chickenboy.
Posted by: Pile of Pooh | Monday, February 28, 2011 at 12:37 PM
Oh, and I LOVE the picture! If that newspaper sold prints of this picture, I'd buy it. The only thing that would make that picture better would be if he were holding a Natural Light can instead of a Coke.
Posted by: twerp | Monday, February 28, 2011 at 12:42 PM
"Batten said he had trouble sleeping the day the egg popped out."
I would too.
Posted by: Aaron | Monday, February 28, 2011 at 01:06 PM
"Batten said he had trouble sleeping the day the egg popped out."
So did the chicken.
Posted by: Sad sack | Monday, February 28, 2011 at 01:32 PM
Was it a union chicken?
Posted by: American Veteran | Monday, February 28, 2011 at 01:36 PM
@ Twerp
EXACTLY! Natty Light!
I was wondering, IF he was doing that for a size comparison, wouldn't he just hold up another egg from one of his other chickens?
Posted by: Tom Weidermeijer | Monday, February 28, 2011 at 01:43 PM
Slow news day.
Posted by: Charles | Monday, February 28, 2011 at 02:14 PM
bawk bawk bawk bawk bawk bawk BAWK BAWK BAWK BAWK BAWK bawk bawk bawk bawk
Posted by: David | Monday, February 28, 2011 at 02:49 PM
I would say I feel for the chicken*.
But then we would have all those animal rights people. . .
*We do have an infestation of chickens where I live; rooters do not lay eggs, they just try to slash you to death.
Posted by: icecycle | Monday, February 28, 2011 at 04:11 PM
Where rooters is a typo that digs it's own grave.
Posted by: icecycle | Monday, February 28, 2011 at 04:12 PM
It would have been cooler if he let the egg hatch and see if a giant chick came out.
Posted by: TK | Tuesday, March 01, 2011 at 05:31 AM
Getting picture taken to appear in the local newspaper. Teeth? Shave? Clean clothing? Haircut? Meh. Why bother? If this is the type of scenery the typical 'tourist' sees, no wonder Iowa has no tourism industry.
Posted by: primus | Tuesday, March 01, 2011 at 06:02 AM
Eggcellent!
Posted by: Phranqlin | Tuesday, March 01, 2011 at 07:30 AM
Egg-citing story?? not egg-xactly.
Posted by: Me | Tuesday, March 01, 2011 at 09:07 AM
Chicken boy is grinnin like a new daddy!
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I see a DNA test on a Jerry Springer debut.
Posted by: jeez | Tuesday, March 01, 2011 at 09:40 AM