She is huge LOL I can’t even imagine how big a rooster from the breed would be or a properly bred heritage bird from a breeder and not a hatchery. 
the wood is but remember, this is a working "farm" table so it has alot of cuts and scratches again now, but i still love the red oak, i have a thing for wood, i love oak of any kind, our bedroom dressers are also oak and mine is a 1910, when i bought it at a home auction, it had 5 coats of paint, even the red brass handles were painted, took me a couple of months to redo it, even the mirror is dated 1910 on the back but at the time i wasn't working so i could strip paint everyday
yep, have a thing for wood and trees
the young of the day just throw things away instead of trying to repair the workmanship of the good things, my son for instant just buys cheap, when it wears out, throws it out and buys more cheap, my sofa is also old, i have no idea how old but it was mil's and she had it and its twin in her living room when i married husband in 69 its wood frame, cherry(she liked cherry) with stuffed pillows for seats and backs, sil has the other one.i guess when i die he will probably throw my stuff in the garbage, guess i could haunt him for it
gk's are the same way so have no one to give the good stuff to
the young of the day just throw things away instead of trying to repair the workmanship of the good things, my son for instant just buys cheap, when it wears out, throws it out and buys more cheap, my sofa is also old, i have no idea how old but it was mil's and she had it and its twin in her living room when i married husband in 69 its wood frame, cherry(she liked cherry) with stuffed pillows for seats and backs, sil has the other one.i guess when i die he will probably throw my stuff in the garbage, guess i could haunt him for it
very special
Shiney and new ain't all it's cracked up to be but people don't see that I guess. I doubt my kids will want any of my stuff either.
amen, maybe one day they will learn, i just wish i had more of my momma's things but the only things i have are the quilts she made those mean the world to me, the last one, a double wedding ring even has a spot of her blood on it where she stuck her finger with the needle
That's so cool he did that for you NFC! What a special reminder of your dad
Given its age, the top is probably pretty thick. I suspect you could sand out the water stain and at least some of the gashes.
Tell him what it is worth, he would at least sell it for the money.
that would probably do it
The 'white side' of my family was also on the side of the Confederacy. My great great grandfather had a huge plantation, cotton gin, and a hardware store in Brehenam, Texas. He lost everything to the Yankees when the carpetbaggers and the Union forces took or burned every thing he owned. He was a colonel in a Texas calvary unit.
