I’m having a bit of trouble with the superstitious behaviour in this article. They seem to be saying that if you get a chook that lays massive eggs you shouldn’t thank your lucky stars and get on with making supersized omelettes, you should just quickly sell it and do your washing.
Albany Advertiser 8 Sep 1938 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70401553
Usually superstitions have some sort of twisted yet discernible logic to them, this one I just don’t get at all!
The unluckiest one in the entire story was the poor chook. Imagine what it went through to lay half pound eggs. An average egg is 2oz or 57g. Half a pound is just under 230g, ouch!
I wonder if the eggs were proportionally larger or just the same size as normal and extra heavy? Did they give any of these freak eggs further investigation? I wonder what caused them to be so large.
Perhaps a closer look might have shown that they were giving away the chook that laid the golden egg! Was the first bidder the ‘wise womans’ agent!?
Gawd can you imagine how much you’d have to pay at a supermarket for a doz. supersized eggs? lol They got diddled imho!
And can you imagine the mess when you drop the carton! “Can I have a mop and bucket to aisle 2, 3 and 4 please”
ROFLMAO!~!!!!!!!!! Ok that’s it. I hereby dub you a comedian
That was just so damn funny. I’m still chuckling 
No mention of anyone cracking an egg to see what made it weigh so much, yet no mention of a huge size either. I’d keep your eyes open for an article on someone handing in gold nuggets and buying a big farm somewhere near any river running close to the old farm. Oh, and for a farmer with a wise woman for a wife and a big smile on his face.
I love these kind of articles but it kills me not knowing the extra details! How big were the eggs? Were they normal except for the weight? Most importantly, were they made of gold?? If so, where do I get one of those chooks!
I wonder if the ‘wise woman’ got them to do her washing too? Very wise