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[ronott1]

Gotcha. I was thinking you were asking about first pic too. My confusion.


Love the colors.
Now I need to go look closely at my two week old Phoenix and Phoenix/dorking mix chicks. I had forgotten about this.

I have been looking at head strips to see how they develop and see if there is a difference. I know on dorkings you can sex that way.

The head stripe is another one of those 80% things.

The breast color will be100% though.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Don't worry, Israeli scientists are working on growing chicken meat in a Petri dish. I don't think it will be all that tasty though...

Diva, of course the word 'renowned' is of Finnish origin. Here is the not at all fictitious etymology of the word:

Back in the 7th century, a Viking chieftain named Reijo lived in Pohjanmaa, on the west coast of Finland. Reijo was know to his friends as "Ren". Now, Reijo was a bit of an collector of all things pretty and valuable, if there was ever a person that became famous for some reason, he just had to have him or her in his collection of slaves, and so pretty soon everyone started to refer to valuable slaves as Reijo's property. From there, it evolved to "Reijo-owned", and since Reijo was called "Ren", it soon became "Ren-owned". Over the years, as the Finnish Vikings plundered all of Europe, all the other languages were influenced by the Finnish culture and language, and so also Gallic languages picked up this term, and from there it trickled down into English. Over the years, the term has evolved slightly, and it's true origins have been forgotten, but still we refer to people with great skill and knowledge as "renowned".

And there you have the completely true history of the word "renowned". Some books will claim the word to be of 14th century French origin, but these writings fail to recognize the effect of Finnish Vikings on the evolution of languages in Europe. You see, the world of language studies is highly racist towards Finns. Another example would be what we today refer to as "French fries". They used to be known all over as "Finnish fries", but the French language researchers and culinarists have managed to erase all connections to the true origins of the dish.

Is this April 1?

think I will pass on the chicken grown in a petri dish

https://mikethechickenvet.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/eggless-chicken-born/

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I have a friend that is moving to Wyoming... and she offered to take my horse if I need to find her a new home. This friend has two draft horses already...

If the drought goes as I believe it will go... I will have no water ... Katee needs a solid home with people who understands Draft horse care... and who can deal with a horse that is opinionated and rude on occasion. its a really hard decision and one that has kept me up for the most of a year now.

even now when I am PUI.... I worry. She is 21 years old now. Middle age for reference. Green broke and has a quick trigger for fight or flight. Only other draft horse people would understand her needs.

she is a pasture ornament for me and I love her dearly... for someone else who could finish her training she would be an asset.
...
deb

Tough call but I agree, the drought won't be over for a long time even if it rains.

Okay, so Ron says wait three more weeks. Anyone else?

X2

@chickisoup

You Rock!!!!! Now tell me how to steal/save those?

right click and 'save' or if you want to see how it was created, right click and 'view source'.

 

[Beer can]

Vehve, was there any Finnish Vikings?

 

[vehve]

Beer, depends on how you look at things. Finland was very sparsely populated during the time of the Vikings. Between the years 0 and 1000 A.D. the population is estimated to have grown from something like a few thousand to something below 50000. During that time, people have migrated both from Scandinavia, the Baltic area, and Russia. The people living on the West coast could probably trace back some sort of Viking lineage, as well as most of the Swedish speaking population. But if you're asking if any Vikings were based in Finland, I don't think so.

 

[chickadoodles]

@drumstick diva

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Now backyard flocks are beginning to be culled. Backyard flocks have been affected in 9 states and commercial flocks in 12.
1.7 million turkeys have been killed in Minnesota.
I heard a report yesterday that said they believed the H5N2 would replace less pathogenic strains and will be around for a long time.
http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/usda-...may-spread-nationwide-devastate-the-industry/
California has a new strain too - H5N8.
Kathy, a Canada goose in Wyoming died from H5N2.
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2015/03/h5n8-found-more-wild-birds-us-sweden

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/wisconsin-declares-bird-flu-emergency-n345141

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/20/us-health-birdflu-wisconsin-idUSKBN0NB2EI20150420

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/21/poultry-turkey-avian-flu-crisis/26100287/

40 countries have now banned US poultry exports.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Wow! Bad eggs = jail time.

http://iowapublicradio.org/post/father-and-son-sentenced-three-months-jail-bad-eggs

http://iowapublicradio.org/post/manager-iowa-egg-farm-linked-salmonella-admits-bribery

 

[casportpony]

Now backyard flocks are beginning to be culled. Backyard flocks have been affected in 9 states and commercial flocks in 12.
1.7 million turkeys have been killed in Minnesota.
I heard a report yesterday that said they believed the H5N2 would replace less pathogenic strains and will be around for a long time.
http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/usda-...may-spread-nationwide-devastate-the-industry/
California has a new strain too - H5N8.
Kathy, a Canada goose in Wyoming died from H5N2.
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2015/03/h5n8-found-more-wild-birds-us-sweden

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/wisconsin-declares-bird-flu-emergency-n345141

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/20/us-health-birdflu-wisconsin-idUSKBN0NB2EI20150420

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/04/21/poultry-turkey-avian-flu-crisis/26100287/

40 countries have now banned US poultry exports.

Freakin' scary!

-Kathy

 

[vehve]

CC, that was news to me, didn't know they had found it in Sweden too. I hope it doesn't travel across the sea to us. The Swans should be arriving to Finland soon.

 

[chickadoodles]

This is all just so scary!