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09/22/11, 08:28 PM
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Chapter Two: In Which Elby Discovers Why We Shouldn't Open Duds
Continuing the Saga of Chicken Raising:
There were 4 dud eggs that didn't hatch. Ever the curious one, I decided to crack one open to see what was in there. One slight tap, and SPLAT! I was covered in slimy smelly goo!!
These were some Mighty Stinkballs of Rottenness!
A hazmat suit with a respirator was required to clean the kitchen.
Elby took an extra long shower in which all surface areas of her body were scrubbed multiple times in case there was a stray stench molecule that attached somewhere on her.
File under: What Was I Thinking. Cross-file under: Won't Do That Again.
Yes, there is probably some indigenous human population somewhere that eats dud eggs as a delicacy.
And yes, the Travel Channel has probably sent someone over to partake in said delicacy.
And no, Elby will not be watching that show.
In closing, Elby would like to say that she will be passing on scrambled eggs for breakfast, thank you very much.
Last edited by elby; 09/22/11 at 08:57 PM.
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09/22/11, 08:51 PM
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hahahahaha!
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09/22/11, 08:52 PM
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I tossed one onto a rock in the backyard once. Nasty beyond belief!
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09/22/11, 08:59 PM
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At least you had the common sense to toss it away from you, while outside!
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09/22/11, 09:01 PM
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LOL....that was a funny story, but sorry you had to experience that! I think this is one lesson I'm going to definitely learn from your mistakes! 
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09/22/11, 09:11 PM
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Oh for goodness sakes. LOL!
I can TASTE the smell just reading your post. 
Yes, opening the dud eggs is best done outside using a long stick.
Everyone is curious why they didn't hatch, of course.
Thanks Elby for giving my entire family a huge belly laugh.
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09/22/11, 09:14 PM
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Original recipe!
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I think that perhaps you should open a dud duck egg...
It will make you long for and look back fondly on the chicken egg experience.
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09/22/11, 09:27 PM
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In Germany, I lived in an appartment with a Korean woman as a neighbor...(she used to baby sit us kids).
She would bury raw eggs in the ground outside, wait several months, then dig them up. It was a delicacy where she was from....
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09/22/11, 09:56 PM
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I was laughing BEFORE i opened this thread. So funny!!!!!!! If it is someone else's experience.
What I can't figure out is - I take dud eggs out, give them a hefty toss AWAY from me so they will hit the side walk in the far back of the yard and the cats all come running at the sound of the explosion and dive in. Yuck!!! Oh, and any loose chickens run to join them.
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09/22/11, 10:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sunflower-n-ks
I was laughing BEFORE i opened this thread. So funny!!!!!!! If it is someone else's experience.
What I can't figure out is - I take dud eggs out, give them a hefty toss AWAY from me so they will hit the side walk in the far back of the yard and the cats all come running at the sound of the explosion and dive in. Yuck!!! Oh, and any loose chickens run to join them.
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One time when I was a kid I gave a bad old duck egg to the neighbor's lab.
He smelled it, carried it carefully home in his soft mouth, and crunched into it inside their house under the kitchen table.
They never found out it was me... 
I did NOT think he would get in the house with it though. 
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09/22/11, 10:44 PM
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My you are graduating through the chicken raising experiences in record speed! Yep! Pretty stinky. They have a pretty good "pop" upon exploding too! though unfortunately, it's not a warning sound in advance of an impending explosion.
When I have to deal with questionable eggs, I gently, and with a gloved hand, wrap a plastic baggy over and around the egg before lifting it out of it's lodging.
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09/23/11, 01:17 AM
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When opening duds take them out back behind the barn and splat them at a chunk of plywood. Then if the smell is not enough to knock you out inspect the results. If too rotten leave and retrieve the board after the next good rain.
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09/23/11, 09:16 AM
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aka RamblinRoseRanc :)
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I liked chapter one better for cuteness, this one for comedic relief- lol.
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09/23/11, 09:50 PM
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omg, I woke up both dogs and the cat that's in the room when I laughed at this 
You have a way with words.
*sprays some lysol, just in case a stench molecule is stuck to this thread*
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