Iowa chicken lays 4.1-ounce egg
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BONAPARTE, Iowa, March 1 (UPI) -- Experts said a 4.1-ounce egg laid by an Iowa chicken is unusual, but not without precedent. Nathan Batten, 37, said Aussie, a black Australorp chicken, laid the egg measuring 3 1/2-inches long and 6 1/2 inches in circumference at his farm near Bonaparte Feb. 18, The Des Moines Register reported Monday. The egg weighs about twice as much as an egg labeled large by U.S. Department of Agriculture standards and exceeds the average 2 1/2 ounces for a jumbo egg. Sean Skeehan, who raises chickens at Blue Gate Farm in Chariton, said egg size...
Published on Thursday 9th of February 2012 03:43:20 PM
"The Fox and the Hen" (Sermon for the Second Sunday in Lent, on Luke 13:31-35)
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“The Fox and the Hen” (Luke 13:31-35)In our Gospel reading for today, we have the story of a “fox” and a “hen.” The “fox” is Herod. The “hen” is Jesus. The distinctive features of both “The Fox and the Hen” come into play in this text, and it is something to behold. Let’s look at both, and see where we fit into the story. The “fox,” as I say, the fox is Herod. Which Herod, you ask? And well you should, for there are several Herods mentioned in the New Testament. This one is Herod Antipas, Herod the tetrarch, the...
Published on Thursday 9th of February 2012 03:43:20 PM
American Rooster Crowing Contest
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This animated video was created for humor and is suitable for viewing of people of all ages. The characters of this video are Rhode Island roosters and hen.
Published on Thursday 9th of February 2012 03:43:20 PM
'I Thought Only Of Escape. I felt Like A Poor Chicken In A Hen House'
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'I thought only of escape. I felt like a poor chicken in a hen house' By Kate Connolly in Berlin (Filed: 07/09/2006) Natascha Kampusch, the Austrian teenager who was held in captivity beneath a garage for eight years, said yesterday she had thought "only of escape" during her imprisonment and dreamed of cutting off her kidnapper's head with an axe. Austrians watch the TV interview on a big screen in a café in Vienna Speaking to the media for the first time since her ordeal ended with her escape two weeks' ago, Miss Kampusch appeared self-confident, witty, articulate and strong-willed....
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Egg kills hen (Norway)
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A hen from Molde managed to lay an egg roughly twice the normal size. The Sponås family in Strande, Molde had a hen that managed to lay an egg weighing 122 grams (4.3 oz), compared to the norm of 50-60 grams, newspaper Romsdal Budstikke reports. It was the last thing the bird did. "I couldn't believe my own eyes when she laid an egg that was more than twice the size of a normal hen's egg. It looked completely unreal, with a 122-gram egg," Solveig Sponås told the newspaper. The hen, a Loman Brown, came from Erlend Aarskog's poultry farm,...
Published on Thursday 9th of February 2012 03:43:20 PM
BREAKING: Shooting at LAX, several possibly injured.
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Shooting at LAX, several injured....
Published on Thursday 9th of February 2012 03:43:20 PM
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