The comments on the Egg-citing Guessing Game are now closed. And what a lot of guessers there were! So many of you were so CLOSE, but only ONE of you was RIGHT!
There were 65 farm fresh eggs in the bowl, and every one of them was gathered on Monday of this week. Until today, that was the highest egg collection day of the week!
The one and only correct guess for Monday's bowl of eggs was submitted by Mary Campbell:
My guess is 65. I was going to take 57 but that was taken several times.Posted by: Mary Campbell | February 25, 2010 at 09:14 AM
Mary, get in touch with me and I will mail your prize right away!
Seems as though the ladies had a little competition today to see if they could beat their score, and sure enough, they did! They have smashed their previous record by 9 eggs!! I've collected 74 eggs so far today, and the day's not over yet... there's still a chance that I'll find one or two more eggs when I'm locking up the girls for the night.
Update on today's count: Sure enough, I found 2 more eggs while I was locking up the girls for the night. That brings today's total to a WHOPPING 76 eggs! I'm flabbergasted!
I went out to the hen house with the video camera today, and took some short videos. Enjoy!
Having trouble viewing the video here on the blog? You can check it out here on YouTube.
Thanks for playing along in the Egg-citing Guessing Game!
In case you want to see more, here are more videos of life on the farm.
LOVED that little video..can't believe how calm the chickens are when you're in the house w/them..guess you've got them trained...
Posted by: Kellie | February 28, 2010 at 07:31 AM
I love the video of your adorable chickies! I wish I could give them a hug! Chainsaw cracked me up..lol! This was a happy video..thanks for sharing it with us!
take care
Posted by: Vina | February 27, 2010 at 10:15 AM
Anna, your video is just fantastic! I loved seeing how the hens respond to you - and I never knew they could lay so many eggs in one day - in the beginning, with the black one, was it 10 eggs you recovered from under her? Amazing. I guess I thought they just layed one or two. (A city girl, for sure!) I think I could listen to their sounds all day long.
Wonderful! Thank You!!!
Posted by: Sharli | February 26, 2010 at 06:23 PM
I can hardly believe I won. I came very close to not saying 65 because someone had already taken 64 and 66 and I thought it was too close to these numbers but I followed my gut feeling and I posted my guess. I am thrilled. Thanks so much for the game and for the video. I love it and can't wait to show my grandson. Mary
Posted by: Mary Campbell | February 26, 2010 at 04:41 PM
Anna, your video is terrific! It would have been a perfect addition to a Sesame Street episode I saw recently (don't even ask why I saw it!) in which the children visited a farm to learn about the entire egg process. Your video was equally, if not moreso, informative and entertaining and interesting. Keep the egg count results coming.
Posted by: Jennifer Woodward | February 26, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Wow! I counted 10 eggs you pulled from undrneath that black chicken!! Is that a normal amount for one chicken to lay in a day ?? She might need some Preparation H ;0)
Posted by: Randee E | February 26, 2010 at 07:31 AM
What an enchanting video! Thank you so much for producing it and posting it. My Alan and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Goodness gracious those are well groomed chickens (and Rooster. That Wiley boy is sure a dapper one!
Posted by: Gabi With An Eye | February 26, 2010 at 04:54 AM
Congratulations Mary, oops I was just one off.
Loved the video, and reassures me that I'm not the only one who talks to my chickens. Have a great weekend!
Posted by: Sally | February 26, 2010 at 04:25 AM
Oh, Anna - what a great video!! I have NEVER known anyone who taped their chickens, and who were actually friends with them all! Isn't there a Film Festival for Farm Footage??? You'd win. You CRACK me up!!! xoxoxo Jeanne in Idaho where there is STILL no snow!
Posted by: Jeanne H | February 25, 2010 at 10:02 PM
Way to go Mary!! I was one off with 64 - so close - giggle.
This was such a fun guessing game - you are so creative Anna! Thanks for the terrific video - the girls are lovely and Riley seemed very proud of them.
Posted by: Elaine Moore | February 25, 2010 at 09:39 PM
This is an Olympic Gold blog post! From the excitement of all those eggs and the winner of the guessing game to the video of your girls (plus Riley), this is just top notch! Your hens make such funny sounds! Are they young, or do they go on sounding croaky? And they seem to love it when you stroke their feathers! Soooo sweet!
Posted by: Shellie Daniel | February 25, 2010 at 08:31 PM
Thank you so much for sharing the video. I love, love, love chickens and can't wait to get mine own :) We're getting some this spring and I can't wait. Your video made my day!
Posted by: Sue | February 25, 2010 at 07:00 PM
LOVE LOVE LOVE the video! Thank you for letting us see the girls in action! WOW, you are really getting the eggs this week! I didn't get to guess on the bowl full, I am glad you had a winner, though! How fun...
Give the girls a pat for me, too...I never had chickens of my own, but our neighbor had them. I used to gather eggs with her once in a while; but the hens usually scared the daylights out of me flogging! haha
Posted by: diane mcvey | February 25, 2010 at 06:46 PM
OMGosh, that video is funny! I'm so jealous of the sunshine I could see, too! That one near the end with the super-funky feathers seemed like she was mad at you for putting her on camera before she had a chance to go to the beauty parlor! LOL
Congrats to Mary on her win!!!
Posted by: Tammy Hershberger | February 25, 2010 at 06:27 PM
Congrats to the winner. Love the video...you make this city-girl want to own a bunch of chickens so I can pet them. They're sweet.
Posted by: Lindastamps | February 25, 2010 at 06:10 PM
This was wonderful and what layers..... oh those wonderful fresh eggs..... was watching and setting here and thinking... no wonder they produce like they do ...they know they are loved by your affection and touching....
Posted by: Harriet Hensley | February 25, 2010 at 06:08 PM
Oh...only 4 off! Oh well, keeping my fingers crossed that maybe there will be another competition :)
And the video is precious! Wishing I had some chickies to look after!
Posted by: chelsea | February 25, 2010 at 05:47 PM
Congrats, Mary. You're gonna love your prize--and if you don't, drop me a line, lol! I guess it was a good thing that so many people already had your first choice, eh?
Posted by: Jacque | February 25, 2010 at 05:38 PM