One of my girls had a surprise for me

I found a ginormous egg in one of my nest boxes. One of my girls is defiantly putting fourth that special effort. I suspect that one of my Buff Orpington are laying this gorgeous egg, they are the larger of my girls, but I could be wrong. If I'm able to find out which hen is responsible, I defiantly owe her a special treat, maybe a weeks worth of special treats. This egg measured three inches long. Looks more like a duck or goose egg.

Can't close the top on the carton

                           Visitor

We had an unwelcome visitor in the backyard this morning. My two large dogs had this little guy petrified, he was balled up just setting there. Not really playing possum, but not moving a muscle.
I distracted my dogs by giving them some dog biscuits, while my husband got one of our havahart traps. My husband of course had gloves on and rolled this little guy right into the trap. He grawled at us a couple of times, but surrendered without incident.

Poor little guy

He looks so sad, like he's crying

We let him have back his freedom by turning him loose in a wooded area close by.