Spring Week at Dixon Hill: 6

Okay, so I may have overdone the egg pictures of late.  But it's spring!  And how can I possibly bring you a week of spring-like images and not show eggs?  They're the archetypal symbol of new life.

Besides, I'm still enraptured by the deeply dark brown eggs that my new Cuckoo Marans lay daily.  Such a rich colour.  Such mini miracles awaiting me each morning.

What's more, I've discovered that the nickname for these lovely birds is Chocolate Eggers - precisely because of those cocoa-hued eggs.  And with Easter just a week away, what could be more appropriate?

Comments

[jeand]

I've never heard of Chocolate Egger hens before. They sound like something a little child would say at Easter. They're really beautiful eggs. Thank you for showing them to us.

[Kate (from Brooklyn)]

I too find eggs to be amazingly evocative objects -- so simple, so beautiful. Those dark eggs are something -- thank you, Chocolate Eggers!