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[ronott1]

There are so many beautiful varieties of those big lawn ornaments.
As someone else said. They taste like chicken eggs to me. You can eat any kind of egg. It's nature's perfect animal protein fruit. IMO, the reason you don't hear of people eating turkey eggs so much is that they don't produce like a leghorn and the eggs are too valuable for hatching than to sell them for eating. I haven't had domestic turkeys (relatively calm wild ones visit often) but a friend of mine (wait for it!) has a couple house turkeys. I think I even have a picture somewhere of a mutual acquaintance in South Africa and her house turkey in the entryway of her elegant home. Keep in mind, I'm not a fan of poultry as house pets but those people don't have toms so they have them as ornaments and therapy animals. My friend doesn't eat eggs either and occasionally I get some eating eggs gifted. Hers are a royal palm and a blue slate.

If you have a pair, your hen will most likely go broody, sit on and hatch eggs after she collects a clutch.
I saw Richard Sherman's on field interview, the ESPN post game interview where he compared what he did and what goes on at a hockey game and I saw the Chris Hayes interview. I came away with the same impression as you.

I guess I'm fortunate I never encountered the Heritage Large Fowl thread.

I do have a houndstooth white egg layer - a Jaerhon.

Thanks so much for the offer. I'll surely return the favor.

A large river to me is the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee. I don't mind dragging my canoe or portaging. That just means I'll be the only one out there, and no motorboats zipping by. My favorites are cold, clear streams that you can see the bottom (and all the smallmouth and trout). I've been on 80 % of the floatable streams in the Ozarks. Among my favorites in MO are the Jacks Fork, Eleven Point, North Fork, St. Francis, Current. In Arkansas, the Buffalo and White.

None of the following videos are of me as I haven't uploaded any of mine but a picture is worth a thousand words.
The first one is the St. Francis. I could actually float, starting on the Ouachita creek that flowed through our farm to this part of the St. Francis just a few miles downstream. Getting to the St. Francis on the Ouachita was much worse than the river itself.
I've floated it several times and once I went 55 miles all the way to Lake Wappapello.

One winter I floated 95 miles on the Current from Tan Vat hole at Montauk spring trout park to Big Spring. I was the only one on the river the whole way.

Buffalo. One summer vacation, my wife and kids floated from Ponca and then about 8 miles on the White after the Buffalo enters. Original plan was to do all Buffalo sections but water was too low.
Long video but worth it and you'll see why I like it. The river is very pristine with such variety of animals everywhere you look. It talks about how fickle river level can be. I've been there 6 times expecting to float and could only do so 3 times. Once it was too low and twice it was too high.

In the south I've been on the Chatooga near where NC, SC and GA meet. My wife rafted the New River in WV.

My family and I also rafted the Pacuare. Most consider it among the top 10 white water destinations in the world.
It was truly one of our best experiences ever.
http://livewellnetwork.com/Motion/episodes/Rafting-the-Pacuare-River-in-Costa-Rica/9020796


I'm not talking you down. I'm going to enable and I vote for Minorcas.

Winter isn't always good but you're right, much of it is idyllic. I love the eastern side in the rolling hills near the Mississippi river.

Thanks. I'm a bit addicted.
I had to laugh when Ron sent the PM about the best hatch-a-long participant. He had a Freudian slip. It said pest hatch a long. I thought, "well yes, I was a pest".

I just started reading The River world books by Philip Jose Farmer again. Our big river is the Sacramento River. Without the Dam it would go dry in the Summer.

Tha NYD Hatch a Long was quite taxing. My PMs got a bit messed up by the end of it.

Lot's of fun though.

 

[chickadoodles]

Has anyone here raised birds from Frank Reese? A friend is going to pick up chicks from him in mid-March and offered to bring back with him anything I wanted to buy - saves money and worry having them transported by a caring human I actually know! I have long heard of how wonderful his Barred Rocks are, and also learned he has several Mediterranean breeds - including Buff and Dark Brown Leghorns - not Rose Combs, he only has RC Leghorns in White, but he does have Rose Comb Anconas and Minorcas ... ugh ... I cannot afford to house more than one or maybe two more breeds, and I probably shouldn't try, but the temptation is great. Can someone talk me down? Or talk me into one specifically that is a must-have from his flock?

Pozees, Bob B. on the heritage thread is the one I heard talk about how wonderful Frank Reese's birds were many times over. I have ordered some of his turkey stock thru another source. But if you ask on the heritage thread some people may be able to vouch for his birds and the quality. I would love to have some of is birds as well but I cannot justify to my DH for driving to Kansas for a few birds or turkey. I hope you find your answer.

 

[pickitfarm]

It is a great group!

Where did you find that great emoticon? I love it!

 

[Highcotton]

Just beautiful!

Thanks for the beautiful picture. We have a Rosecomb bantam rooster that has quite a personality. He is the only bantam we have so far. He is low on the pecking order since we have 2 large Australorp roosters. He roosts outside in the run on a high roost in the run. Everyone else sleeps inside in the coop. He is the first on the roost at night crowing for everyone else to go to bed and the first crowing in the morning. He likes to be a little aggressive, just little bluffs. The ducks are all hens so he is ducky daddy and he protects them. He is always the last in the run when they have been out foraging. It looks like he is making sure the stragglers get in. Apparently he thinks he is the Alpha male except when he encounters one of the large roosters. It is a good thing he is a midget. The world is not ready for a full sized rooster like him.

 

[tnspursfan09]

I don't need to fit in anywhere really Ron. I have been listening and learning from them anyway. A couple of people did message me after the incident and told me to message them if I had any questions or needed any help Jeff was one of them. And ever since I just ask you all here on the OFH any questions I have and you all help me with out all the drama. I like that. 

I am sorry you got it bad. Don't let it get to you! Keep your [COLOR=FF0000]chicken[/COLOR] up! lol 

It wasn't all that bad. I told Diego (my WLH) what was said and he just glared at me from beneath his bushy eyebrows and went right back to eating. He don't care what anyone thinks of him as long as he has food to eats and hens to love.

 

[ronott1]

It wasn't all that bad. I told Diego (my WLH) what was said and he just glared at me from beneath his bushy eyebrows and went right back to eating. He don't care what anyone thinks of him as long as he has food to eats and hens to love.

It is a chickens Life!

 

[tnspursfan09]

DH's flight might be cancelled if this weather don't let up soon. Our drive to the airport may be cancelled first, though. These back roads aren't usually the first to get cleared when it snows.

 

[ronott1]

Where did you find that great emoticon? I love it!

It is from an EO Marraduna Basque forum. They have some fun emoticons there. I have permission for them to be used on BYC but it looks like the new emoticon project fizzled out last year.

Go ahead and take that emoticon!

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

Battening down the hatches and waiting for the big ice/snow storm heading our way!! Got a nice naked cockerel to cook up for some chicken and dumplings. DH is having crazy days trying to things all prepared. 2 generators, one for us and one for his folks. His dad is on 02...and of course power outages are to be expected if this thing hits like they say it will. He is also getting our propane tanks all filled. We have to heat with propane heaters and 2 window unit heat pumps. Neither are very reliable when the temps drop too much. Dang winter time drama

 

[chickadoodles]

It wasn't all that bad. I told Diego (my WLH) what was said and he just glared at me from beneath his bushy eyebrows and went right back to eating. He don't care what anyone thinks of him as long as he has food to eats and hens to love.

Thats right