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[Bogtown Chick]

@Bogtown Chick I hope your silvia gets better. How old is she?

Fun stuff, so my daughter did that ancestry dna test. We've always thought my mom was 100 percent german, and my dad 100 percent swede. Well it came back she is 54 percent swede, and only 5 percent german. Well if she is only 5 percent german, my mom can't be 100 percent. What? I sent mine in tuesday, we'll see what it says... my daughter was also 14 percent eastern europe, 10 percent great Brittain, 5 percent irish, 7 percent iberian peninsula, I forget the rest. Very interesting stuff.[/QUOTE]

Sylvia is doing better. She is 5 years old. She's come out of the coop the last week or so but spends a lot of time there. Her head has cleaned up nicely. Flap not flapping and healing, although I think some more salve would be good.

My dad is 100% German but he's Plattdeutsch which is up by Scandinavia Denmark (northern Germany) the test is on DNA not nationality. So if you think of fisherman, sailors, tradesmen marrying into that area- there you have it. Nationality wise my sister and I know we are 1/2 German and 3/8 Norwegian 1/8 swede. But our DNA comes up 84% scandinavian. Northern Germany or the Plattdeutsch very infused by Scandinavia.

 

[duluthralphie]

@Bogtown Chick I hope your silvia gets better. How old is she?

Fun stuff, so my daughter did that ancestry dna test. We've always thought my mom was 100 percent german, and my dad 100 percent swede. Well it came back she is 54 percent swede, and only 5 percent german. Well if she is only 5 percent german, my mom can't be 100 percent. What? I sent mine in tuesday, we'll see what it says... my daughter was also 14 percent eastern europe, 10 percent great Brittain, 5 percent irish, 7 percent iberian peninsula, I forget the rest. Very interesting stuff.

Sylvia is doing better. She is 5 years old. She's come out of the coop the last week or so but spends a lot of time there. Here head has scanned up nicely. Flap not flapping.

My dad is 100% German but he's Plattdeutsch which is up by Scandinavia Denmark (northern Germany) the test is on DNA not nationality. So if you think of fisherman, sailors, tradesmen marrying into that area- there you have it. Nationality wise my sister and I know we are 1/2 German and 3/8 Norwegian 1/8 swede. But our DNA comes up 84% scandinavian. Northern Germany or the Plattdeutsch very infused by Scandinavia.[/QUOTE]



Do you know if it is Greater or Lessor Scandinavian?





Ok, the quote thingy is screwed up today......

 

[ejb3810]

There are three types of lies. Lies, damned lies and dna lies.

 

[I Love Layers]

Slept in today. Testing took about 20 minutes, and then we set up the arena for livestock showing, and the panels where the dairy and beef are tied we got down at about 9 with that. They are setting up the goat, sheep, and pig pens today. Got home around 9 unloaded birds and went to bed. Funny things when we were testing birds, there's this crazy family who usually shows rabbits but they're also showing poultry this year. They have a Black Copper Maran Cockerel and Cock, a BCM pullet, and a Blue Isbar hen, funny this is that they think the Isbar is spelt like Isobar and pronounced like that too. They also had some 3 1/2 month old birds one was a Buff Bantam Cochin cockerel who looked like a Booted Bantam. The tester didn't want to test them because they're supposed to be 4 months, but the mom threw a fit. There was one kid who had a Barred Plymouth Rock, that they thought was a pullet, but was actually a cockerel. I was setting up the arena so I wonder if the tester said anything.

 

[duluthralphie]

There are three types of lies. Lies, damned lies and dna lies.

Well, in some cases I would agree, but DNA shows the genes of the Greater Scandinavian is far superior to the lessor ones....

 

[Siggie]

Good morning....sorry for the absence. Everyone has had a busy week! Ralphie Sorry to hear about your killing spree...and I can't bring myself to watch the Fisher attack either.
I tried to go through all the posts I missed but you guys are so chatty!!

We have been down in Southern WI all week, my father in law passed away.

I really wish I could find someone who would care for my animal family how I care for them. This is why I NEVER go anywhere. Nothing harmful to my animals but just little things that I do for them and then some things that could have potentially been harmful or bad.... They didn't take the food dishes out of the run at night...they didn't dump and replace their water every morning (I think they had the same water in their bowl from when I filled it early Monday morning-it was gross) The best one was them calling me the first night to tell me "well we FINALLY got them all herded in hope we didn't miss any!" Um...if you would have waited til about 8:45pm, you could have just walked up, closed the coop door and said goodnight?!? poor chickens... **...I'm so ungrateful...**
I will stop complaining...at least I was able to be there for support for my husband during this crappy time for him. His dad was a wonderful fun man. He wasn't feeling well so they took him to the doctor...they told him on a Thursday he had cancer and he died the following Wednesday. HE was 86 so he had a full life right up until the end, we should all be so lucky! He will be missed.

 

[BantyChooks]

Good morning....sorry for the absence. Everyone has had a busy week! Ralphie Sorry to hear about your killing spree...and I can't bring myself to watch the Fisher attack either.
I tried to go through all the posts I missed but you guys are so chatty!!

We have been down in Southern WI all week, my father in law passed away.

I really wish I could find someone who would care for my animal family how I care for them. This is why I NEVER go anywhere. Nothing harmful to my animals but just little things that I do for them and then some things that could have potentially been harmful or bad.... They didn't take the food dishes out of the run at night...they didn't dump and replace their water every morning (I think they had the same water in their bowl from when I filled it early Monday morning-it was gross) The best one was them calling me the first night to tell me "well we FINALLY got them all herded in hope we didn't miss any!" Um...if you would have waited til about 8:45pm, you could have just walked up, closed the coop door and said goodnight?!? poor chickens... **...I'm so ungrateful...**
I will stop complaining...at least I was able to be there for support for my husband during this crappy time for him. His dad was a wonderful fun man. He wasn't feeling well so they took him to the doctor...they told him on a Thursday he had cancer and he died the following Wednesday. HE was 86 so he had a full life right up until the end, we should all be so lucky! He will be missed.

Oh my. Were they all okay?

I am so lucky to have a good chicken sitter. She used to own my birds, actually. I bought them from her.

 

[duluthralphie]

Siggie, Sorry for your families loss.

For those of you avoiding the fisher attack, he does not actually touch a chicken or get into the coop, it just shows how hard they try to get in. You really should watch it for the education value. There is no gore.

 

[memphis]

I watched the video...no gore...just shows how crazy the fisher is.
Siggie, sorry about the loss. I understand the issues with pet sitters. I worry constantly when I'm gone.

 

[SleepyOwl]

I have learned a bit about DNA lately that I never knew before. It makes sense once you think about it, but unless your parents were both 100% something (which rarely happens), you can't know what percentage of things you are. You don't get an even amount of genes from each "nationality". You get 50% of your genes from your mom, and 50% of your genes from your dad. So, you only get 50% of your mom's genes. For example, if your mom was 50% German, and 50% Sweedish, you probably are not going to get exactly 50% of each. You might get 75% of one and 25% of the other.