[Homestead] Barnyard fowl was Local chicken - 1/4 pound egg
Lynn Wigglesworth
lynnw1366 at hotmail.com
Sat Nov 22 13:25:22 EST 2008
I only have one, a peahen, who I call Penelope. She just wandered into my
barn a couple years ago and never left. I asked around, but no one seemed to
be missing her.
They are funny critters. It took me a while to realize what she was; I was
thinking guinea, but she's too big. The first time she made noise, it woke
me from a dead sleep. I thought it was 'invasion of the zombies' or
something, such a strange noise. She's aggressive and has all the cats
terrified. And she can fly and has an impressive wingspan. I think she's
lonely, though...she follows the duck around. I know where I can get eggs to
hatch or newly hatched peafowl for a reasonable price; next time I raise a
batch of chicks, maybe I'll add a few peafowl.
Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA
----- Original Message -----
From: "bob ford" <bobford79 at yahoo.com>
To: <homestead at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Local chicken - 1/4 pound egg
> You have peacocks? In the '60's , I had an elemmentary school teacher
> with a big colorful flock of peacocks and peahens. Other than the joy of
> looking at them, what is their usefulness on a farm or homestead?
> .....bobford
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> --- On Sat, 11/22/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Local chicken - 1/4 pound egg
>> To: homestead at lists.ibiblio.org
>> Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 11:03 AM
>> The color of the egg does vary by breed, and by individual
>> hen. I can
>> sometimes tell which hen laid which egg by the color. I
>> have one that
>> consistently lays dark brown eggs, and one little one who
>> lays pinkish eggs.
>> And a duck who lays green eggs, and a peahen who lays
>> pretty blue eggs. The
>> color goes all the through (but a little lighter on the
>> inside), so it must
>> be determined early in the egg formation.
>>
>> Lynn Wigglesworth
>> Tioga Co. PA
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "bob ford" <bobford79 at yahoo.com>
>> To: "Gene GeRue" <genegerue at ruralize.com>;
>> <homestead at lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 10:24 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Local chicken - 1/4 pound egg
>>
>>
>> > No; I didn't know that, either. I suppose the
>> ethos of chickens would
>> > therefore be centered upon pre-determination, rather
>> than free will. I'm
>> > still curious to what sage said about what causes
>> chicken eggs to color.
>> > I assumed it was the breed of the chicken. I guess I
>> was
>> > wrong......bobford
>> >
>> >
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>> > --- On Sat, 11/22/08, Gene GeRue
>> <genegerue at ruralize.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue at ruralize.com>
>> >> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Local chicken - 1/4 pound
>> egg
>> >> To: bobford79 at yahoo.com,
>> homestead at lists.ibiblio.org
>> >> Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 6:35 AM
>> >> On Nov 21, 2008, at 11:29 PM, bob ford wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > 'I'll be'. Yours looks like it
>> could
>> >> easily be 1/4 ib. also. Your blog pic said that
>> all eggs
>> >> start out white and change colors being delivered.
>> How does
>> >> that explain "blue" or "brown"
>> eggs.
>> >> What causes the color?
>> >>
>> >> Egg talk is fun. Did you know that the nucleus of
>> every egg
>> >> a hen will ever lay is within her when she emerges
>> from the
>> >> shell?
>> >
>> >
>> >
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