Hen lays egg-stra large egg

A Chinese farmer is hopeful one of her hens can smash the world record for an egg.

Zhao Li from Feixiang County, northern China's Hebei Province was given quite a surprise when she discovered the egg, which measures an eye-watering 9cm long and 6.5cm wide with a circumference of 17cm.

The whopper also tips the scales at 420 grams, with an average egg weighing just 50g.
Zhao said "I've been raising the chickens for a year, I fed the hens with nothing special; just chaff, melon skin and grass."

http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/extra_large_egg

Jesus seen in chicken's feathers

Jesus, not content with just appearing in Marmite, a frying pan and a drain pipe, has now apparently been seen in a chicken's feathers. Owner Mitchell Grainger, 25, spotted the face of Christ in a photo of his pet chicken having a dust bath.

Grainger told Halesowen News: 'I literally said ‘Jesus Christ’ when I saw the picture. The face of Jesus is clear to see and when I showed my mom she even pointed out the ring of thorns.'

Gloria, of Rowley Regis, West Midlands, obviously has someone watching over her, after miraculously escaping a vicious fox attack.

'It is strange that it would appear on Gloria because not long ago she was the only chicken out of 20 that wasn’t killed by a fox. She was standing on the step when he came and miraculously wasn’t touched' Grainger added.

'That's why we called her Gloria, after Gloria Gaynor’s song I Will Survive.'

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/835932-jesus-seen-in-chickens-feathers