RE: CSjust us chickens...

2004-09-06 Thread Jim Holmes
J., Can you direct me to more information? JOH -Original Message- From: Jonathan B. Britten [mailto:jbrit...@cc.nakamura-u.ac.jp] Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 8:51 PM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CSjust us chickens... In Japan experts can judge the gender

Re: CSjust us chickens...

2004-09-05 Thread patriot2000
At 07:30 PM 9/4/2004, you wrote: In Japan experts can judge the gender of an embryonic fertilized egg by using a little pendulum. I believe you, Jonathan. When I was pregnant many years ago with my first child, someone told me an old wives' tale -- that one could determine the gender of

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2004-09-04 Thread Jim Meissner
to feed them than you will get back in egg sales. Any helpful comments are appreciated. Jim Meissner www.MeissnerResearch.com - Original Message - From: Nenah Sylver ne...@bestweb.net To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 8:22 PM Subject: Re: CSjust us chickens

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2004-09-04 Thread John Rigby
At 12:10 PM 04/09/04, you wrote: By candling them, in otherwords hold them up to a light, in the dark. You can see a blood spot if the eggs is a few days old. G Murray Thanks, G! Who says you can't teach an old chicken new tricks? :-) I jes' keep on a'learning' now all I gotta do is

Re: CSjust us chickens...

2004-09-04 Thread John Rigby
At 12:51 PM 04/09/04, you wrote: In Japan experts can judge the gender of an embryonic fertilized egg by using a little pendulum. I kid you not. JBB My mate does it with all sorts of things. She uses almost anything on a string. As a scientific type it is in my too-hard basket. But her

Re: CSjust us chickens...

2004-09-04 Thread John Rigby
At 01:29 PM 04/09/04, Roger wrote: who were eating a clown when one turns to the other and says does he taste funny to you. I remember as a kid in New Guinea ( about 20) meeting this fascinating Highlander who was a retired cannibal. They even referred to humans as long pig and he told me it

CSjust us chickens...

2004-09-03 Thread John Rigby
Say, folks, Speaking of chickens an' things: I have a philosophical problem though - while I won't kill and eat any sort of animal, I recently learned that REAL chickens in the wild might only lay 10 eggs per year .. I do steal the eggs though and eat them. Under non-forced conditions,

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2004-09-03 Thread Nenah Sylver
- Original Message - From: John Rigby jrig...@fablor.com To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 7:27 PM Subject: CSjust us chickens... Speaking of chickens an' things: I have a philosophical problem though - while I won't kill and eat any sort of animal, I

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2004-09-03 Thread G K Murray
Hi John, By candling them, in otherwords hold them up to a light, in the dark. You can see a blood spot if the eggs is a few days old. G Murray John Rigby wrote: Big Q: How do you tell a fertilised egg without cracking it?? Himagain - looking at having to learn a whole new

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2004-09-03 Thread Jonathan B. Britten
In Japan experts can judge the gender of an embryonic fertilized egg by using a little pendulum. I kid you not. JBB On Saturday, Sep 4, 2004, at 08:27 Asia/Tokyo, John Rigby wrote: Say, folks, Speaking of chickens an' things: I have a philosophical problem though - while I won't kill

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2004-09-03 Thread Roger Barker
John, re. point 2 and 3 that you mention. I'm reminded of the two cannibals who were eating a clown when one turns to the other and says does he taste funny to you. Sorry, couldn't resist. Cheers, Roger http://lbarker.orcon.net.nz/index1.html on 4/9/2004 11:27 AM, John Rigby at