“In order that the starch should be in an appetizing form, it was eaten as a constituent of a frozen pudding. This was palatable and the subjects were able to eat it in fairly large quantities.”
If the only nutrient to break down is starch, and if humans always eat the crops in the form of...
This was a timely story to read today, in regard to “the dignity of chickens”:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/us/karen-davis-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-Ew.VV_q.6IqycL-RC54N&smid=url-share
These are very interesting thoughts, correlating with my observations of my own guinea hatches this year. I would need to spend more time analyzing the factors leading to eventual outcomes, but it is true that my three oldest surviving keets are almost decidedly male, and the vast majority of...
Tax!
Also, I discovered a clever guinea nest this week; most likely begun in July or August when I was interfering with the broody hens’ nest inside the barn in order to enhance offspring survival rates.
(The eggs are there, I promise!)
30+ eggs; I lost count at 18 when some became...
Overdue tax:
This is my cockerel “Junior” (hatched in June, of course:cool:) who is definitely a mini of his dad, who was taken by a fox +/- other predators in early September (was it really just a few weeks ago?!).
I noticed yesterday severe pallor in his wattles, which had become a robust...