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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> Interesting thing about chickens/freezing; maybe you have noticed it:  the
> roosters freeze before the hens.

Maybe it's that business about females having an extra layer of fat. 
And of course we roosters are less essential to survival of the 
species. One guy can, uh, take care of a couple dozen gals.