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Quote: I agree about the new breed. BTW the standard was first printed in 1873 or was it 1874? 1874

Quote: I got that one too. And replied. Me too! I think I need to charge more for my "new" breed..... anybody want a Dunghill Fowl trio... only 8 easy payment of 29.95!!

Quote: This sounds like what we have discovered. I grew up in suburbia, but my wife grew up on the family farm in NC. When I moved to NH, I felt like I was living "Green Acres". But when my wife and I met, I learned alot from her and now we have our little "hobby farm". We enjoy it, have...

Quote: IMO, it has become a marketing term for so many. Originally it was a label given to those who were subsisting off of the land, almost soley, because they had to, now anyone and everyone who has a decent size garden and a couple of chickens is considering themselves a "homesteader". To...

Quote: Great, now you have me looking at Game fowl..... my wife is gonna kill me!! Their history is very interesting, and I agree with Saladin... I bet that those involved felt anything that wasn't a Game fowl, was a Dunghill. The Etymology of the two is very interesting. Thave you read...

Quote: Great, now you have me looking at Game fowl..... my wife is gonna kill me!! Their history is very interesting, and I agree with Saladin... I bet that those involved felt anything that wasn't a Game fowl, was a Dunghill. The Etymology of the two is very interesting.

Quote: "pile" chickens.... cool, another reference to look for and see how far it goes back. I realize it may be regional to Iceland, but still interesting, just the same. I am loving the knowledge in this thread.

Quote: Saladin, The interesting thing is, it isn't really "writers", many of the references are to probate inventories of a household (probably written by a lawyer), and the term is fairly common. I am now wondering how early I can find a reference to "dunghill" with relation to cock fighting...

Quote: Really? OK, so that gives me something to go on. I'll keep you posted. OK, I have corresponded with a view people and looked at some zooarchaeology reports and the general consensus is that a typical dunghill fowl in the 17th- early 19th century was 5-6 lbs... a good bit smaller than...

Quote: Really? OK, so that gives me something to go on. I'll keep you posted.

Yellow House Farm, Interesting point on the bantams. When I get home I am going to look at some of the archaeology reports and see if they give size to the bone finds, that might tell us if they were bantams, by todays standards. I hadn't really thought about looking at the size of bone...

Quote: Here is a good basic article explaining the dunghill fowl: http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/winter09/hens.cfm

Quote: Ditto on what they said. I am very interested in this as well. We are breeding Dominiques and Speckled Sussex, mainly for dual purpose/utilitarian reasons, as well as temperment (as our birds will be interacting with the public in museum environments) but also looking to try and hold...

Quote: Ditto on what they said. I am very interested in this as well. We are breeding Dominiques and Speckled Sussex, mainly for dual purpose/utilitarian reasons, as well as temperment (as our birds will be interacting with the public in museum environments) but also looking to try and hold...