{"id":11351,"date":"2014-11-05T04:34:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T11:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/?p=11351"},"modified":"2014-12-18T05:16:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T12:16:15","slug":"halloween-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/?p=11351","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Chocolate."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, Halloween came and went and all I got was a few fun-size Snickers out of the kids&#8217; treat bag.\u00a0 Which are not as fun as one would think.\u00a0 Unless your idea of fun is a nice, hard tease.\u00a0 The kind of tease that says, &#8220;Mmmm, isn&#8217;t this fun?\u00a0 Imagine how much fun a full-size Snickers bar would be? Can you imagine that?\u00a0 Well, can you?\u00a0 Hey, there&#8217;s your car keys&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Luckily there was some bonus chocolate.\u00a0 That&#8217;s right, the Copper Maran pullets laid their first eggs on Halloween weekend.\u00a0 So the nest box was full of chocolate eggs.\u00a0 Here they are next to Mattie&#8217;s, the Buff Laced Polish, white egg.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cooper-marans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11352\" title=\"cooper marans\" src=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cooper-marans-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cooper-marans-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cooper-marans-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cooper-marans.jpg 1569w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I know, that&#8217;s impressive.\u00a0 But to really understand how dark the eggs are, you have to see them next to one of\u00a0 the brown eggs produced by the rest of the brown layers in the flock.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cooper-with-brown-eggs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11353\" title=\"cooper maran with brown eggs\" src=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cooper-with-brown-eggs-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cooper-with-brown-eggs-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cooper-with-brown-eggs-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cooper-with-brown-eggs.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right.\u00a0 They make the brown egg look almost as white as Mattie&#8217;s egg.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, we got a Cuckoo Maran.\u00a0 Until now, her speckled egg, brown dotted with dark chocolate spots, has been the most visually appealing egg that we find in the nest box.\u00a0 Game over, Cuckoo Maran.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cuckoo-maran-eggs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11354\" title=\"cooper maran with cuckoo maran egg\" src=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cuckoo-maran-eggs-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cuckoo-maran-eggs-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cuckoo-maran-eggs-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cuckoo-maran-eggs.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Copper Marans are a lovely, glossy, black hen.\u00a0 But they&#8217;re not particularly fancy on the outside.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chicken-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11359\" src=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chicken-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chicken-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chicken-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chicken-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of them have a gold ruff that hints that there may be more to them than first appears.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1499.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11360\" src=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1499-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1499-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1499-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1499.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just goes to show you, it&#8217;s what&#8217;s on the inside that counts.\u00a0 &#8216;Cause these ladies are packing chocolate eggs.<\/p>\n<p>And chocolate eggs for breakfast are <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">as fun as Snickers<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">almost as fun as Snickers<\/span> pretty fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, Halloween came and went and all I got was a few fun-size Snickers out of the kids&#8217; treat bag.\u00a0 Which are not as fun as one would think.\u00a0 Unless your idea of fun is a nice, hard tease.\u00a0 The kind of tease that says, &#8220;Mmmm, isn&#8217;t this fun?\u00a0 Imagine how much fun a full-size 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