I read John Rackham’s letter (The Argus, August 17) about how he found a chicken’s egg while he was weeding his back garden. Some time ago, the same thing happened to me.

My first thought was that it was the work of a fox but then I remembered that a week earlier we’d had trick-or-treaters knocking on the door for Halloween and had eggs thrown at our house. I thought perhaps one had not broken but landed on the soft earth.

My sister, however, who lives in Shoreham, was digging in her front garden and came across a plastic bag containing part of a chicken. We all agreed it must have been put there by a fox.

DM Manville, Stanmer Villas, Brighton

I read with interest the letter about finding a chicken’s egg. A few years ago I was on a training course when someone said one can throw an egg and it would not break on landing.

To prove it, several eggs were thrown over a 15ft-high by 20ft-wide building. All the eggs landed on grass and none of them were broken.

David Warren, Holmes Avenue, Hove

I was interested to learn about the chicken’s egg found intact in John Rackham’s garden.

For some time now I have been putting whole fat balls (un-netted) on my grass. I would turn my back for a short time and, when I turned back, they had disappeared.

We have both seagulls and rooks here. I believe the culprits are the rooks. I have a pear tree in my garden. One day I watched a rook break off a pear and fly off with it. I hope Mr Rackham’s egg saga is solved soon as I have yet to catch the culprit who goes off with my fat balls.

J Heath, Beatty Avenue, Coldean

Congratulations to John Rackham on solving one of life’s oldest mysteries. Clearly, the egg came before the chicken!

Steve Carden, Southwick Street, Southwick