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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I remeber my teacher said they were good "watchdogs", and I remember that 
many of our parents would oocasionally drive us by the teacher's farm to see 
the peacocks.  She had some other strange animals , too.  a Talking crow?  I 
remember something about her having a d*mn talking crow.  Is that possible?


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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] Barnyard fowl  was Local chicken - 1/4 pound egg
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 11:25 AM
> 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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