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	Giant egg laid by Ottawa Hen

Socratoad

10-6-2009 9:05 AM

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Socratoad says:

OUCH !

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A hen in Ottawa's eastern outskirts has squeezed out an egg as heavy as a baseball.
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         for a Major League Baseball ball ? was laid Friday by a red shaver hen on Laurie McCannell's farm in Vars, Ont., a village
         that is now part of Ottawa's east end.
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         Brewery in Ottawa and a little bit of oyster shell to make the egg shells strong.
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