Ok folks, I just might have to report this site to the moderators. OP, you have single handedly caused many back yard chicken keepers who were doing ok, until you initiated this thread. They have now fallen off the wagon into the dangerous territory of lusting after not just this breed, or that breed, but, like a kid in a candy store, gotta experience them all. Oh the shame of it.
And Brama Chicken, you are a co-enabler. Posting GFF as a place to check out the Death Layer. One has to scroll down the A - D list in order to get to the Death Layer.
Don't look at GFF web site. It is the ultimate chicken porn site.
So to save the rest of you from falling all the way off the wagon, and rolling into the ditch of lust, I'll post a pic (if I can) and a description of the Death Layer.
As a chicken the Deathlayer seems to have it all: the coolest breed name in all of poultrydom, spectacular good looks, and a history in its native Germany that goes back more than 400 years. How did it merit being called a Deathlayer, a name that is metal to the core? There are two competing theories. A literal translation of its German name, Totleger, means “death layer.” One theory has it that the name was bestowed because the hens of this breed are so productive they lay an egg each day until the day they die. The second theory –less sensational but probably more accurate-- is that the breed was first described by a different name in low German (Dauerleger or, literally, “day layer”), and over the centuries this name morphed into Totleger. Either way, what cannot be denied is that the Deathlayers do lay a large volume of medium-sized white eggs, and their remarkable appearance is like having visiting royalty in your chicken coop.
And Brama Chicken, you are a co-enabler. Posting GFF as a place to check out the Death Layer. One has to scroll down the A - D list in order to get to the Death Layer.
Don't look at GFF web site. It is the ultimate chicken porn site.
So to save the rest of you from falling all the way off the wagon, and rolling into the ditch of lust, I'll post a pic (if I can) and a description of the Death Layer.
As a chicken the Deathlayer seems to have it all: the coolest breed name in all of poultrydom, spectacular good looks, and a history in its native Germany that goes back more than 400 years. How did it merit being called a Deathlayer, a name that is metal to the core? There are two competing theories. A literal translation of its German name, Totleger, means “death layer.” One theory has it that the name was bestowed because the hens of this breed are so productive they lay an egg each day until the day they die. The second theory –less sensational but probably more accurate-- is that the breed was first described by a different name in low German (Dauerleger or, literally, “day layer”), and over the centuries this name morphed into Totleger. Either way, what cannot be denied is that the Deathlayers do lay a large volume of medium-sized white eggs, and their remarkable appearance is like having visiting royalty in your chicken coop.
Get me one of them $100. chickens.
The 10 day weather forecast has suddenly has added an ice storm for my trip-to-Cackle day next week! Maybe it will change again.
