Jules. Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 A colleague of mine is leaving work for a new company today. Yesterday when I was in work I wanted to give her a present, so I took her 4 eggs in. To be honest I wasn't too sure what her reaction would be, as she works in a different room to me & we don't really get chance to chat. She was delighted with them, especially the fact that on two of them I had written the chicken's name who had laid the egg as I knew! Shw was loathe to eat them as they were so special! (and wanted to know if I live on a farm). She showed them to some work people who were equally as fascinated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 that's nice. It's amazing what joy a little old egg can bring isn't it! We used to take eggs to parties, instead of wine when I was carrying Stefan. People loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I always take eggs with me as gifts (when my girls are laying) and they're always well received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I always take eggs with me as gifts (when my girls are laying) Our problem too at the moment. No eggs for months. I think we need to upgrade our models! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I gave £50 and 6 eggs to the chap that repaired my car bonnet on Monday - he was gobsmacked when I told him I kept chickens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I have given out eggs to: the physiotherapist (well, I'd mentioned I kept chickens - of course! and she said her daughters want an Eglu) the chiropodist, I've been seeing her for years and she's like a friend My Alexander Technique teacher (ditto) my aromatherapy massage lady (hate the word masseuse) work colleagues random visitors to the house and of course to my many friends, in fact I can't satisfy demand at the moment! I think it's a lovely - and unusual - gift, and it helps spread the word about battery v free-range. Without exception, the response next time I see them has been 'wow - they tasted so different to the ones I buy'. It's mainly because I can't stop myself from telling people that I have chickens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Same here, yesterday chatting in the road with my next door but one neighbour who we hardly ever see to talk to, he asked if anyone near us had hens as he was sure he'd heard clucking! So I took him round some eggs later and he and his OH were thrilled to bits! The chap next to him in the summer used to send us round whatever he had a glut of, runner beands, cherry tomatoes, and I used to send the children back with eggs or sometimes a cake. It was lovely as he's an Italian chap who lives alone and keeps to himself he just turned up one day out of the blue with these veggies. When he went back to Italy he came back with a box of little Italian cakes for the children. It's amazing what home grown stuff can do - even break the ice with the shyest neighbours! Mrs B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I give them to my girlfriends when we meet for lunches, & also as extra gifts on birthdays. Also to people who drop my children home after they have been out with friends. My window cleaner always buys a box, & I sometimes give them to the chaps working for us if I have a glut (ie- not this time of year!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 I gave a box of four to my dentist on Monday. He is a vegan so gave them to his normally rather hatchet faced nurse, she turned all warm and fuzzy when she saw the eggs giving your own eggs spreads a little sunshine Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 aaahh! I did consider giving some to the dentist, but not when I found out how much the work is going to cost me! I may have to start selling eggs to raise the funds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysia Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 yes whenever we have a glut we give them away and they are way cheaper than a bottle of wine for dinner parties The reason we got a cube and the chicks is to meet demand as friends & family are now asking to 'buy' them as they are so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfrock Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 everybody gets them! the doctor the vet (regularly) the lovely lady who waxes my eyebrows! the electrician everybody who crosses the threshhold the lady at the woodyard who gave me some free wood to do some extra bits on the hutches all my friends who visit and who I visit people at work neighbours family the hygenist the wonderful lady at April Lodge Guinea Pig rescue for everything she has done for me In Fact it is rare for me to go somewhere without eggs under my arm Sometimes I forget that pople don't actually know that I have got chickens and am confused by the puzzled look they give me when they come in and I ask them if they want some eggs .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Olly wrote: I did consider giving some to the dentist, but not when I found out how much the work is going to cost me! Scary isn't the cost of dental work I could have bought a couple of cubes and 10 hens for the cost of mine I seem to measure everything in chicken costs these days I am a VERY nervous patient and my dentist is so lovely, that I felt he deserved a pressie Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Always makes me laugh how people assume you live on a farm, coz you have chickens! Or they think you must have lovely green pastures with them wandering everywhere, not to mention - mice, rats & you being a bit of a wierdo / country bumpkin! People eh? Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 I give them regularly away at work. Took them into someone who had been really fed up the day before to make her smile. She was delighted and told me how delicious they had been after a trip to the dentist yesterday afternoon - the healing power of fresh eggs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
