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Dorney's Eggs
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"Eggs Again – The Transcript and Day Book have been crowing over remarkable productions of some members of the feathered tribes en famille, such as small eggs, double eggs, and eggs of hen-ormous dimensions;

Hampton Roads Times Magazine
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but we saw Friday two produced by Shanghai hen, belonging to Mr. S. Dorney, one of which is about the size of the egg of a blue bird, and the other not larger than a robin's egg. The hen weighs about 10 lbs."
(Southern Argus, July 5, 1858, p3) [Dorney might be the Dornay near Wolf's Neck – see map….]