AN OUTSIZE IN BREAKFAST. —Two freak eggs laid within two days by a nine-months’-old White Leghorn pullet belonging to Mr B.J. Boles of Caversham. The sizes of these eggs, which weighed 6¼ioz and 6½oz respectively, can be gauged by comparison with the usual two-ounce egg shown in the picture. Each egg, on being opened, was found to contain a yoke and white surrounding a more normal egg of 2 ¼oz complete with shell. The bird responsible has every appearance of health.
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Evening Star, Issue 22447, 18 September 1936, Page 2
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81AN OUTSIZE IN BREAKFAST.—Two freak eggs laid within two days by a nine-months’-old White Leghorn pullet belonging to Mr B.J. Boles of Caversham. The sizes of these eggs, which weighed 6¼ioz and 6½oz respectively, can be gauged by comparison with the usual two-ounce egg shown in the picture. Each egg, on being opened, was found to contain a yoke and white surrounding a more normal egg of 2¼oz complete with shell. The bird responsible has every appearance of health. Evening Star, Issue 22447, 18 September 1936, Page 2
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