Archive for the ‘Chicken Breeds’ Category
The remarkable Mr. Roland Dams has practically saved some of the traditional breeds of French Poultry from extinction. very interesting and he surely gets some big eggs!
Duration : 0:4:8
Poking fun at the USDA for claiming Rabbits are Poultry.
Please help by signing petition:
(Please sign these petitions)
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/rabbits-are-poultry-well-then-poultry-needs-to-be-covered-under-the-1958-humane-slaughters-act
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/help-secure-basic-protection-for-billions-of-birds-sign-the-petition-for-poultry
Please help try to create change in the way Rabbits are viewed-they are “pets” just like cats & dogs are for some people. If people are going to continue to eat them, at least they should be covered under the 1958 HUMANE SLAUGHTERS ACT like other “livestock”. All animals deserve to be treated with decency before they are killed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VFG5fQHMro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkauGHxP-Uo
Dictionary:
poultry
(pōl’trē) pronunciation
n.
Domestic fowls, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, or geese, raised for meat or eggs.
Poultry:
Columbia Encyclopedia: poultry,
domesticated fowl kept primarily for meat and eggs; including birds of the order Galliformes, e.g., the chicken, turkey, guinea fowl, pheasant, quail, and peacock; and natatorial (swimming) birds, e.g., the duck and goose. Several poultry birds, including the chicken and the goose, were domesticated over 3,000 years ago. The chief poultry bird is the chicken, which probably originated as a jungle fowl in SW Asia. Until recently, poultry were raised for domestic and commercial use on many farms in the United States. Large-scale producers now virtually monopolize the poultry industry. Specialized hatcheries deliver chicks fresh from the incubator to commercial growers, who mass-produce birds under precisely controlled conditions on diets scientifically calculated to produce rapid growth to market size, for delivery to processors. Many distinct chicken breeds, once appreciated for their particular combinations of characteristics, have been combined through selective breeding into a few relatively standard types that are notably efficient converters of feed into meat or eggs. The dominant meat chicken today is a cross between the fast-growing female White Plymouth Rock chicken, and the deep-breasted male Cornish chicken (see Cornish hen). The predominant egg type in the United States today is the White Leghorn chicken. Dual-purpose meat-and-egg breeds have all but disappeared. Turkeys have been similarly standardized. Because of their lower cost and lower fat content, chicken and turkey are increasingly popular protein sources with American consumers, rivaling pork and even beef in per capita consumption. A few breeds of chicken are raised chiefly for their ornamental appearance or as pets. These include the Polish varieties, characterized by their large showy crests; the fighting, or game, varieties, still bred where cockfighting is popular; and the Bantams, which are primarily miniature counterparts of standard breeds.
Duration : 0:1:41
Three varieties of laying hens I ordered from McMurray Hatchery
Duration : 0:4:56
Here is my friend Frances. She is taking a break from sitting on her eggs. They are in the basket behind her. Isn’t she pretty?
Duration : 0:5:34
1970’s vintage Shasta 25 foot camper trailer. My challenge–to convert it into a massive chicken coop for 150 egg layers.
Much work needs to be done-the interior needs to be demolished, removed, and disposed of. Automatic water, and feeders will be incorporated into the final design. I have to get it home first by tow truck next week.
Must be completed by 3/16/08!
Duration : 0:1:17
These Plymouth Barred Rocks, one of several endangered chicken breeds raised at Sunnyside Farm in York, PA, crow like geese! They’re hanging out in a mobile chicken pen, which owners Homer and Dru move every day so that the chickens always have fresh grass and bugs to consume, and so that they needn’t live in their own excrement. Revolutionary!
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Robin Medlin of Grill Girrl blog prepares Mango Citrus Cornish Game Hen, grill romaine, hawaiian bread with a lime butter sauce, and cornbread mango cobbler.
Duration : 0:10:0
http://www.chickencoopplansblog.com Video review and walkthrough of new chicken coop plans eBook titled “Building a Chicken Coop”
Duration : 0:4:50
Murray McMurray Hatchery is pleased to announce it’s first iPhone App – a Chicken Breed Selector. Choose the chicken attributes that matter most to you and see a list of qualifying chicken breeds. As an added bonus get a $5.00 coupon with each Chicken Breed Selector purchase. Available in the iTunes App store at http://ax.itunes.apple.com/us/app/chickselector/id383967163?mt=8#ls=1
Duration : 0:3:3
Nuthatch at Tehidy Woods Cornwall …
Filmed on 2nd April 2010 …
Video Produced by Goldfinch Garden …
NUTHATCH
The nuthatch is a plump bird about the size of a great tit that resembles a small woodpecker. It is blue-grey above and whitish below, with chestnut on its sides and under its tail. It has a black stripe on its head, a long black pointed bill, and short legs. It breeds in central and southern England and in Wales, and is resident, with birds seldom travelling far from the woods where they hatch.
WHERE TO SEE THEM
Best looked for in mature woods and established parkland in central and southern England and Wales, on the sides of tree trunks and underside of branches. Occasional sightings in Scotland.
WHEN TO SEE THEM
All year round.
WHAT THEY EAT
Insects, hazel nuts, acorns, beechmast and other nuts and seed.
Duration : 0:2:5
