➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Tesumph]

I'm pretty sure it was Sh*thead who went by Heddie.

The other person's name was the word Female but it was pronounced like tamale(fa-ma-lee, maybe?)

Yea, feh-mally. I met a girl named Female once, wish I’d known her better so I could’ve messed with her lol.

Curious how that shi’Thead (Heddie) name was pronounced. I can kinda see how that would be pretty sounding..?

 

[RosieR]

Finally caught up on the weekends excitement! @KikisGirls your chicks are so cute
I’m glad you got some fun colours, they’ll be fun to watch grow.
Tell me about this fermented feed. Is it better? Will you feed them fermented into adulthood? Is it hard to make?
Thanks for documenting so well! You make me less afraid to check on eggs when everyone else scolds for opening the bator

 

[BantyChooks]

I really really do not like pine shavings.

What's the matter with them?

 

[Pugsabi]

Yea, feh-mally. I met a girl named Female once, wish I’d known her better so I could’ve messed with her lol.

Curious how that shi’Thead (Heddie) name was pronounced. I can kinda see how that would be pretty sounding..?

Shy-heed? It all depends on what the original language was.

 

[Sara L]

@Sara L my point was less about Texas A & M being a " breed" (why I had it in quotation marks bc I wasn't sure what to call it but I guess variety is more correct) of its own and more about the fact that you're not going to order coturnix quail and get a Texas a & m. And just bc it's the color of an a & m that doesn't mean it's an a & m. (All a&m are coturnix but not all coturnix,of that certain color-white with spots whatever it's called-more specifically) are not a & m.) A&M are selectively bred to be A&M, based on more specifics than just color, right? Therefore different than traditional coturnix. Does this make more sense? Totally realize the my can cross breed but they are different thanks to selective breeding; therefore A&M don't just randomly hatch in a traditional coturnix clutch.

As a matter of fact Texasamquail.com specifically says they are a cross between Japanese coturnix and English white coturnix to give them all white meat.

The coturnix doesn't have breeds, just color and size variations. Yes, you are correct in that they are a specific variety of coturnix. A&M's specifically are the strain bred by A&M University, which crossed the already existing jumbo pharoah with birds with the English White color mutation. Their goal was to try and get a good table bird. That's why they used the jumbos, for size, and white birds to get a nice presentation when plucked.
People call any white quail an A&M, which is not correct, especially since most aren't even jumbo sized. Lots of misinformation floating out on the internet.

 

[sdm111]

Yes, but I'll probably have to switch to mountain dew if I really want to stay awake. American coffee is a bit weak (especially break room coffee).

Get ya a pound of rt coffee

 

[Pugsabi]

Get ya a pound of rt coffee


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Do they deliver? I've only been here for 2 1/2 hours, with 8 more to go, and I'm already fading. I might go nuts and buy the mountain dew energy drink instead of just the soda!

 

[jwyles]

The coturnix doesn't have breeds, just color and size variations. Yes, you are correct in that they are a specific variety of coturnix. A&M's specifically are the strain bred by A&M University, which crossed the already existing jumbo pharoah with birds with the English White color mutation. Their goal was to try and get a good table bird. That's why they used the jumbos, for size, and white birds to get a nice presentation when plucked.
People call any white quail an A&M, which is not correct, especially since most aren't even jumbo sized. Lots of misinformation floating out on the internet.

Thanks! Yeah, That's very much what I was thinking and trying to clear up. Thought I understood, but wanted, to make sure i was on the right page. One thing I wasn't sure of until now was if English white was a color variety or a different species than the Japanese. which I why I wasn't sure about whether or not they were hybrids but now I've got it.

 

[jwyles]

Shy-heed? It all depends on what the original language was.

"Shithade" similar to the way Sinead O'Conner pronounces her's.

 

[Pugsabi]

"Shithade" similar to the way Sinead O'Conner pronounces her's.

Either way, I think this must have happened before smart phones, because I would hope the nurse would pull up Google translate to stop this from happening!