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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I answered gene's post to your's, sage.  I just bought the brown eggs because 
they were cheap (89 cents as opposed to $1.69)......bobford

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--- On Sat, 11/22/08, bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Local chicken - 1/4 pound egg
> To: eureka AT hctc.net, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 12:18 PM
> Right now, she is standing underneath the sour orange tree,
> barking at the chi-chi birds.  She has been standing there
> barking at those birds for an hour.  If I don't let her
> inside (which is what I'm about to do) she would bark at
> them until dark.  If I had a chicken coop (I've thought
> of it).  She would never get her 'business' done
> outside.  She would stand and bark at the chickens forever. 
> She is not the smartest dog in the world, but she is
> pretty...............bobford
> 
> 
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> 
> --- On Sat, 11/22/08, eureka AT hctc.net
> <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:
> 
> > From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Homestead] Local chicken - 1/4 pound egg
> > To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 11:48 AM
> > I recently read where they are now feeding chickens
> brown
> > tinted chalk and that makes a white egg chicken lay
> brown
> > eggs. This was due to the fact people believe the
> brown ones
> > are more wholesome and better for you. The quality of
> the
> > egg should have nothing to do with the egg's
> color, but
> > how the hen is raised and what she feeds on. Because
> the
> > standard factory bred hen lays white eggs, people just
> > assume the other colors are not from factories.--Sage
> > 
> > On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:30:56 -0800 (PST)
> >  bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > I just bought some brown eggs at the grocery,
> this
> > week. I have never seen them in the market , before. 
> They
> > were considerably cheaper than the regular white eggs?
>  I
> > use to buy from a local man with backyard chickens. 
> he had
> > brown, blue & white eggs.  His eggs were smaller
> than
> > market eggs, but they free ranged in his yard and
> garden and
> > were supplemented with organic chicken food.  I lost
> touch
> > with him.  I can't have chickens.  My dog kills
> even
> > slow pigeons.
> > > 
> > > 
> > >
> >
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> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- On Sat, 11/22/08, eureka AT hctc.net
> > <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > >> From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
> > >> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Local chicken - 1/4
> pound
> > egg
> > >> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com,
> > homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > >> Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 11:15 AM
> > >> The breed of the chicken does determine the
> color
> > of the
> > >> egg, but it starts out white and is colored
> along
> > its path
> > >> out of the bird. What is interesting is you
> can
> > generally
> > >> tell what color egg a breed will lay by the
> color
> > of their
> > >> ear patch, if you don't know your breeds,
> or
> > have mixed
> > >> breed chickens. Our Ameraucanas lay in an
> > assortment of blue
> > >> green, from robins egg blue to army green,
> the
> > Polish lay
> > >> white eggs that are very pointy, and the
> Brahmas
> > lay brown,
> > >> the Faverole tan, etc.
> > >> 
> > >> --Sage
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:24:57 -0800 (PST)
> > >>  bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >> > 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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