July 31st

Hello from Nugget.

She's patrolling the yard and keeping her world 

safe from small insects.

You can see how determined she is by the look in her eye.

These girls take their jobs seriously.

Recently, I came across some interesting

chicken facts that I hadn't previously posted.

I thought I'd share a few...

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The only country on earth, without live chickens

is Vatican City, and the only continent is

Antarctica.

If you wanted to get well in ancient Greece,

you'd sacrifice a rooster to Asclepius, today we

eat chicken soup. Science has shown that

the meat in chickens contains cystine, an

amino acid that is related to a drug used in 

treating bronchitis. 

Under US federal law, chickens are not

considered livestock. They aren't even

classified as animals - they are classified

as food! (don't tell our girls that!)

Chickens reached the New World way

before Columbus was sailing around the Caribbean.

Fossilized chicken bones, used for food, were

found in South America and date to

the end of the Ice Age.

In 2007, a scientist extracted a protein from a 

68 million year old T-Rex that showed an

exact match to a protein in modern chicken DNA. 

Oh, no! Jurassic Park might be real!

Chickens are called bilateral gyandromorphs.

All that means is that they possess male and

female parts on separate sides of their bodies.

No, they can't fertilize their own eggs,

but it can cause a hen to take on male 

outer characteristics like feathered tails

and a grander comb and wattle.

Now,

this is a weird chicken fact - 

roosters don't have a penis.

Ok, you ask,

so how do baby chicks come into the world?

Well, its seems that the rooster (who lives

in a perpetual state of arousal) jumps

on top of a hen and inverts his cloaca

(that is the one way, all purpose vent) 

and presses it to hers.

All this is a very fast process that is 

done multiple times.

(I guess if his aim is off he'd better

reconnoiter and try again)

Funny thought here....

A rooster's anatomy doesn't explain

why a slang word for a certain

part of the male anatomy would refer 

to a bird that lacks one.

Just sayin'

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The cantaloupes ripened. 

Yay!!

The larger one from last post wasn't

quite ripe when we cut it, so it became a hen treat,

and they loved it!

These two are smaller. They tasted great!

The carrots are looking good

Zucchini

No flowers yet....

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White Lantana

Pink Lantana

Say Aloe to my little friends!

Aloe?

Is it me you're looking for?

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When chickens communicate,

do they use fowl language??

I sincerely think our girls do.

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Well said Thomas.

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