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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Local chicken - 1/4 pound egg
  • Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:07:25 -0800 (PST)

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
> >
> >
> >
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > --- 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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