General Chat

I have several stone eggs and some papier mache decorated ones too
I think I also have the stone one Dad used to use under our hens, when I was little. Pretty sure I salvaged it when the family house was cleared.

Lizx

Fair do's Jean ....I do the same myself.

Janet, my comment came out all wrong. I didnt mean to say he shouldnt have asked, but if anyone asks me and I know the answer, I tend to go into too much boring detail!

I also remember the china eggs.
When we used to come home on leave in 1946 to 1950, my auntie kept hens, most people did at that time if the had room in the garden.
We were often sent out to collect the eggs and one day, I went out and brought home the 'surprise extra eggs' which of course turned out to be ... the china eggs. ;-0)
I remember my auntie explaining to me why they were there.
Bless he, I used to love those holidays in Farnborough.
Deanna X

Not quite the same (at all!) but china eggs remind me of Faberge eggs, which I adore. I collect them, they sit on my mantelpiece :-)

How can we learn if we don't ask?????- I think it is good that a young person shows an interest by asking instead of acting like some silent automaton.

Hello Jean.

Sounds like you had a successful shopping trip.

China eggs.... Takes me right back to childhood and the hen-house in my grandparents' meadow. They used them to get the hens to lay, I think.That would be in 1950s and I haven't seen a china egg since then.
Thanks for the reminder of those carefree days when I visited Wales in the holidays.

Gwyn

That is, odd to other people! We went to the Agricultural Co-op this afternoon. Its a good place for reasonable priced country clothing,/work gear. We bought a good sweatshirt for OH, a 36 litre sack of cat litter, and lots of catfood tins and pouches. We also bought two china eggs. The young man who took our stuff to the car couldnt understand what was done with china eggs. Well, says I, my husband wants them because he wants to judge whether the egg cups he is turning are the right size, but the real use for them is to put them under a sitting hen when you want to take away the eggs she is sitting to put in an incubator. Some people leave them in the laying nests to show reluctant hens what is expected of them. Well, I always wanted to know, he says. He might not be so quick to ask next time!!!