Our chicks

Well, the Croad Langshan bantam chicks, hatched by our Wyandotte bantam, are
now juvenile delinquents - big, brash, bumptious, bullying, belligerent,
scruffy with big feet. No doubt they'll grow into beautiful ... well, what?

We've been weighing them every two or three days. Two are markedly heavier
than the other. Those two are far scruffier, have bigger combs and more leg
feathering and are greedier, more pushy and tend to fight between
themselves. The third is gentler, has smoother plumage with a nice rounded
tail and always comes last when there's food around.

We reckon that the lighter one is a hen and the others potential soup.

Might we be right? We don't know how to s*x chickens ...

Mary


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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Slipping pedal
    ... We (Scruffy and I) got into the habit of placing the pedal just in front of the dog. ... When I took a break from actual sewing, I just rested my stocking feet on his warm back, on cold days. ... I won't need this on a regular basis but I am working up at the school on the slick cafeteria floor and I'm tired of chasing my pedal. ...
    (rec.crafts.textiles.quilting)
  • Re: Slipping pedal
    ... near my feet. ... We (Scruffy and I) got ... Ooooh, way to train the QI, Pat! ... AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education ...
    (rec.crafts.textiles.quilting)
  • Re: Slipping pedal
    ... Sandy Foster wrote: ... We (Scruffy and I) got into the habit of placing the pedal just in front of the dog. ... When I took a break from actual sewing, I just rested my stocking feet on his warm back, on cold days. ... Ooooh, way to train the QI, Pat! ...
    (rec.crafts.textiles.quilting)
  • Re: Our chicks
    ... belligerent, scruffy with big feet. ... No doubt they'll grow into beautiful ... We've been weighing them every two or three days. ...
    (sci.agriculture.poultry)