Back At The Chicken Shack

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Totally not chicken related, but related to the old texts.

The letter f was used for both f and s, except when the s was at the end of the word. I saw capital S used in the middle of a word, when it was the lead in for a paragraph. (I think it was the word "abscess.")

Ok, so I notice weird stuff. I learned this back in 10th grade. In 11th grade, a teacher wrote

fpafm

on the board and said he'd give whomever could pronounce it correctly $5. A few kids tried. Then I raised my hand and said, "Spasm." He was very surprised and never did give me my $5.

Lol, good for you! He should have given you the cash, shame on him.

Yes, the grammar, spelling and printing conventions are a thing, but there is definitely a system to it, though the spelling can be a bit wonky for various reasons. I am pretty sure the pronunciation did not change, rather the spelling system had not been settled on. My favorite part about the old writing is all the lovely long run on sentences. At one time it was acceptable and correct. Even today I can tell a difference in English American vs English UK as our sentence structure tends to be very short while their’s is usually longer,

 

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My husband ordered me an egg scale… so far the girls whose eggs we are getting daily checked out as Mediums which is what I figured they were. He also picked me up a real nice egg candler, a definite improvement over the old one.

 

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Peepers has some new friends…

Black Australorp Niece‘s Choice

Blue Copper Maran #1 Husband’s Choice

Blue Copper Maran #2 Husband’s Choice

Rhode Island Red #1 My Choice

Rhode Island Red #2 My Choice

Barred Rock Nephew’s Choice

 

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From Blue Ribbon Reds What They Are And How To Produce Them, edited by A.G. Studier, second revised edition 1919

 

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I weighed the chicks all of them came in at .20 ounces except for the Barred Rock now named Pepper and one of the Marans they weight .15 ounces

3 of the new chicks have names

Aveline de Forz

Blance de Artois

Pepper

The other birds my niece and husband are getting to name…

 

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Well my niece named her chick Elvira Mistress of the Night.

Chicks today probiotics, electrolytes, and a dash of palm syrup in their water.
Feed Organic chick starter dry mash and fermented. A bit of high protein live yogurt, grit, cabbage and carrot.

Adult birds clipped feathers on three back a bit more, Inky, Aelita and Lana…the others just don’t fly. I don’t want the going over my fence line.

Inky, we need to get some more Black Swedish.

Princess Aelita

Lana has a bump on her beak from an injury that is healing, it should gradually go away.

I spent some time with the Rhode Island Red chicks

Shot of their back stripes and head spot/stripes… it will be interesting to see which chick ends up with best adult colour.

See the slight difference in eye markings

Aveline

Blanche

I am looking for hatching eggs Rose Comb RIR, Rose Comb RIW, and Black Swedish

I want to set up a RC RIR and RC RIW breeding project.

 

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Banded the chicks we have multiple of same breed, I can tell them apart by careful inspection but the colored bands just make it easier. The chicks bands will be checked daily for the safety of the chicks, as they will need to be replaced regularly as the chicks grow.

French Maran chick #1

French Maran chick #2

Blanche

Aveline

About naming the chicks Kids have named their chicks, my husband has not decided what he wants to name his two yet, the bands will help too when I weight them and make other assessments.

I decided to theme my chicks RIRs will be named after House of Lancaster nobles and royals to start out with as the Red Rose was their symbol. When the SC RIW arrive the will get names from the House of York as their symbol was the White Rose. My Naked Necks are named after characters in the Arthurian Legends. My Olive Eggers are named after varieties of Olive Trees.

 

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Peepers is coming along