One winter we had a plethora of eggs. Because of the weather conditions we had less customers driving up the driveway to buy them. I was tossing and turning. My mind was repeating  “too many eggs, too many eggs. I then said to myself  “ah, ha,” got out of bed and wrote this in the middle of the night. I slept like a cozy chick under her mom’s warm feathers the rest of the night.

Too Many Eggs

Too many, too many, too many eggs

What did we do?

We just gave them away!

 

They ate them for breakfast, snack, lunch and dinner

Scrambled, hard boiled, and fried was a winner

Sausage, Bacon and eggs cooked ‘til they’re poached

In cookies and cakes, and even on toast

Quiches, frittata, egg custard galore!

No matter how cooked, they all wanted more!

 

The more that we gave,

The more the hens laid

They kept coming and coming!

 Laying and laying!

 Hatching and Growing!

 Growing and Crowing!

 

They spilled out the windows as they filled up the coop

Out to the bushes where they would roost

    

They didn’t stop there, even out towards the brook

Crossing the road — Everywhere you would look!

 

People arrived with trailers and carts

To take them away – just doing their part!

Each city was filled so on to the next

    And the next and the next

    And the next and the next!

On they continued in truckloads

  And boat loads

  Traveling on train loads

  And on to more plane loads

Soon we discovered they had circled the globe!

 

This message is loud and clear so you’ll hear:

 If you are thinking of raising chickens and eggs

Please give it some thought

And do it today

For all of this started with one chicken and egg.  

 

            Nancy Hamilton copyrighted 2006