The Old Folks Home

[Arielle]

Smaller than I thought too-- but then the silver spangled hamburgs were much smaller than I have seen at other shows. THough in defense of these birds Walt didn't mention that they were small when he took a few minutes to show me the particulars of the feathering. SO they must have been normal size.

THe goldens are very rich looking the silvers are more formal looking. BOthe lovely lovely birds.

 

[gryeyes]

Ok I get it. With polish rabbits you outcross to neatherlands for size. But it is documented and considered a cornered for three generations. The chicken world is more of an honor system.

I have been thinking about this "no pedigrees for chickens" concept all day, ever since your earlier post wondering about it.

My SWAG is it prolly has something to do with the differences between mammalian live births and bird/reptile egg-laying. There aren't usually other dogs, rabbits, cats, etc. which hop into the nest to push out another litter and thereby "tangle" pedigrees, right? Plus the near-daily production of another possible sibling... which may or may not even hatch.

Much easier to ship fertilized eggs than fertilized ova of other beasts...

Hmmm. Still stuck on thinking this through without any real reason to do so.




However, I was one of those children who asked why is the sky blue... Or how do clouds float? I think my Inner Child needs her shoelaces tied.

 

[scottcaddy]

Quote: Not Tied, But untied and taken off so you can run barefoot in the sand!!

Scott

 

[Arielle]

Quote: THank you Linda for helping to see my oldest child may indeed turn out just fine!!

 

[insanity]

I think I'll give it a try with my own flock . I'm big on records and keeping track of things but have a terrible memory. If I write down pedigrees for my own hatches, it'll help me remember who is who.

 

[ozexpat]

I have been thinking about this "no pedigrees for chickens" concept all day, ever since your earlier post wondering about it.

My SWAG is it prolly has something to do with the differences between mammalian live births and bird/reptile egg-laying. There aren't usually other dogs, rabbits, cats, etc. which hop into the nest to push out another litter and thereby "tangle" pedigrees, right? Plus the near-daily production of another possible sibling... which may or may not even hatch.

Much easier to ship fertilized eggs than fertilized ova of other beasts...

Hmmm. Still stuck on thinking this through without any real reason to do so.




However, I was one of those children who asked why is the sky blue... Or how do clouds float? I think my Inner Child needs her shoelaces tied.

Sunlight reaches Earth's atmosphere and is scattered in all directions by all the gases and particles in the air. Blue light is scattered in all directions by the tiny molecules of air in Earth's atmosphere. Blue is scattered more than other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves. This is why we see a blue sky most of the time.

Closer to the horizon, the sky fades to a lighter blue or white. The sunlight reaching us from low in the sky has passed through even more air than the sunlight reaching us from overhead. As the sunlight has passed through all this air, the air molecules have scattered and rescattered the blue light many times in many directions. Also, the surface of Earth has reflected and scattered the light. All this scattering mixes the colors together again so we see more white and less blue.


Floating clouds - I will have to think about that

 

[drumstick diva]

SCG please tell Chris I said "Hello," Heck I wish I could find a calendar like that of women, then I could paste my face in there and reminisce about my youth.

Incidentally what is Chris holding in his hand, probably not an OSCAR but, what?

 

[wolftracks]

Been stuck on FB where I only have to click a like button.

Not sure if the lavender eggs will show up this year from what I kept.most of them are now living in Oregon and Utah, since I have limited space. The older hens haven't started back up yet, so pics of those have to wait.

I'm checking pens in a little while to make sure I don't have any problems. Stuck pullets into their appropriate pens tonight. kind of worried about the SPPRs since my older hens like to peck others to death. I only left 4 of the larger lavender AMs in their pen. I got 5 in and went back to put 2 more in and Lavern had knocked them all off the roost. I took her out and stuck her in a dog crate for the night. I went back to put the other 2 in and Ambrose was sitting on one of the smaller pullets that had made it up on the ledge. I took that one out and didn't even bother with the other. None of the other birds budged. Lavern runs that pen, so many they were just relieved she was gone for the night. I put 4 FBCMs ans 2 Blue Coppers into the Marans pen. Two of the FBCMs were hens that they haven't let back in. One of them I had to nurse back to help for 2 months after they had clobbered her so bad that I found her close to dead on the ground. I really need another Marans pen. I have a BCM roo that I want to move those hens in with and give the FBCMs more room.

I'm having a really hard time with my Sumatras ans Phoenix. The older hens never let in a new girl and it's frustrating. I've tried everything with them and I end up with the new ones bloody and have to wait till they completely heal. Then I try again and the same thing happens. I'd get rid of the older ones if they weren't so nice, but at this rate, I'm just stumped.


So I'm up and keeping an eye on things and at the same time I'm worried I won't wake up early enough to check for any problems wen the sun comes up. I need to get this done and fast. I want to get rooster collars make in the next week, so my neighbors don't start complaining.


OH and I don't think I'll ever fit in in the Mid West again. BTW, I was born in Topeka and then lived in OK till I was almost 4. I'm the designated black sheep and I figure it's better to stick it out here with the family I already have figured all out and not have to figure out the ones I have back there. I need to know I can drive to the Bay and see the waves if I need to/

I need to figure out something though. I have 3 months to get something going or I'm seriously thinking I need to come up with money for some cheap eBay land and live in my Explorer until I can come up with a better plan. Problem is, most is either where it's very hot or very cold. I can't handle either one.

 

[gryeyes]

Oz, I adore your answer and visual aid! I was.....blessed?.......with being the daughter of my Daddy, a man who never answered a question simply or with frivolous replies. Blue sky and floating clouds were dutifully de-mystified by my genius IQ father making sure his precocious, questioning child understood How Things Work.

However, after he explained all about helicoptering, micro-climates, and seed dispersal vectors when I wanted to know why dandelions do what they do when you blow on 'em, I asked my mother the same question.

"Why that's so the poorer fairies who couldn't afford stables of dragonflies could fly away when they needed a ride."

Doncha love it? "Poorer fairies." Socio-economic strata I certainly understood at a tender age. It also conjured wee folk farms of dandelions in yards, holly hock blossom ball gowns, and fat, fuzzy bumblebees tethered to leaf sleds for golden pollen harvests. Later, seed dispersal mechanisms and that other stuff clicked.

Scott, my Inner Child is thrilled with the memory of bare feet in the sand!

Crap, I just now got stuck on how grains of sand act differently when wet and dry. Thanks, Dad! Begone, Oh Spectral Spoiler of Mystery!

Now that I am retired, I do try to let my Techie side fade away. Dandelion Farms appeal to me much more.

 

[wolftracks]

Oz, I adore your answer and visual aid! I was.....blessed?.......with being the daughter of my Daddy, a man who never answered a question simply or with frivolous replies. Blue sky and floating clouds were dutifully de-mystified by my genius IQ father making sure his precocious, questioning child understood How Things Work.

However, after he explained all about helicoptering, micro-climates, and seed dispersal vectors when I wanted to know why dandelions do what they do when you blow on 'em, I asked my mother the same question.

"Why that's so the poorer fairies who couldn't afford stables of dragonflies could fly away when they needed a ride."

Doncha love it? "Poorer fairies." Socio-economic strata I certainly understood at a tender age.

It also conjured wee folk farms of dandelions in yards, holly hock blossom ball gowns, and fat, fuzzy bumblebees tethered to leaf sleds for golden pollen harvests. Later, seed dispersal mechanisms and that other stuff clicked.

Scott, my Inner Child is thrilled with the memory of bare feet in the sand!

Crap, I just now got stuck on how grains of sand act differently when wet and dry. Thanks, Dad! Begone, Oh Spectral Spoiler of Mystery!

Now that I am retired, I do try to let my Techie side fade away. Dandelion Farms appeal to me much more.

LOL

I'm going with the fairy story!