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Thistlebloom Farm
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Thistlebloom Farm was built in 1860. It has over 77 acres of mixed land, a house, 2 barns and a shed. It is located on Nipmuc and Pocumtuck land (aka Amherst, MA). Sometimes the farm and its current guardian have arguments.
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This batch of eggs drying on a cotton towel is from a diversity of hens:
Darkest ones on the left and right = Cuckoo Marans hens
Dark one in the middle = Black Copper Marans
Super-white ones = Andalusian
Blue and green ones = Ameraucana
Medium browns = Red Star
Light buffs = Wyandotte
23 chicken eggs in colors of bright white, very light tan, medium brown, darker brown, very dark brown, light green and light blue. They are drying on a non-dyed towel made of organic cotton.
December 18, 2024 at 3:01 AM
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Egg diversity! The tiny one on the right side is a "pullet berry", aka a small egg produced by a pullet who's just starting to lay. We don't know who laid it, but we've never seen one quite that small before. Its shiny brown neighbor is from a French Black Copper Marans hen.
29 chicken eggs of various sizes, shapes and colors drying after being washed and scrubbed on part of a very large, thick, complexly folded off-white organic cotton towel. The eggs range in length from 1 inch to 3 inches and in colors including very light cream, very light pink, ecru, light brown and very dark, shiny brown. The 1-inch egg is a light pinkish tan pullet egg. When it was held up against a small egg candler (a tiny flashlight designed to allow a shadow view of a yolk, embryo or air sac without breaking the egg), there appeared to be no yolk or embryo inside it.
December 4, 2023 at 3:58 AM