PULARANAAYAPPOM POONKOZHI KOOKIAPPOL-2
(ABOUT SUN RISEWHEN COCK CROWED) Dearfriends, Thisis 2nd part of the posting about hen/chicken/cock. I have changed the title suggested by SriVenkitaraman Perinthalmanna. I am also thankful to Sri APS Money for thecorrection of first line suggested in the first part of the posting. Letme further go in to interesting details of cock, hen and chick. Sincerely, GopalaKrishnan 14-3-2021. 9 Kozhi chekanjathu polae (Like the hensearched for worms) Normallywhile the hand writing is very bad and like scribbling and not in line and notlegible, it is often told as a similar to the above. Iam not able to tell the reason, the hand writing of most present day childrenand adults of the day are very good/ good or at least satisfactory. Very fewhand writing now a day we see not legible. Ihad one of my officers, at Trivandrum whose hand writing was totally illegible.Even one sentence we could not make out if he writes. So the senior officersused to call him and discuss so that illegibility do not matter much. Similarly I had a clerk while at Namakkal. Ifhe writes a letter will be a protrusion above a line. No letter could belegible. 10. Kozhi thooval as pen Ihave heard the quality feather of the cock was collected; it’s end was dippedin ink and used to write before pens were available. But I have never seen anybodydoing it, though in boyhood days we have written with end of cock feather forfun after learning of such practice told in the primary class . 11. Use of egg Duringflooring works(till about 20 years or so) egg was broken and the fluid from the egg was added to read oxideor black oxide and added to cement and stirred for use as adhesive inflooring. Later Fevicol started using replacingthis practice . I have heard in thePadmanabhapuram palace in Thakkala, the black floorings were made usingcharcoal, egg fluid and kummayam. (Shells) 12. Generally about chicken Thechicken biologically called Gallus domesticus is a domesticated fowl, asubspecies of the Red Jungle fowl. The male chicken is called Cock or rooster and female as hen. It is one of the most common and widespreaddomestic species. It is told there are more chickensin the world than any other species of bird. Humans keep chickensprimarily as a source of food, consuming both their meat and their eggs. 13. Initially cock was not for meat oregg!!! Thetraditional poultry farming view of the domestication of the chicken is statedin Encyclopaedia Britannica (2007): "Humans first domesticated chickens ofIndian origin for thepurpose of cockfighting in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Very little formalattention was given to egg or meat production... (Source- wikipedia) 14. Origin and spreading Theorigin of coke is said to be from India. From India the domesticated fowl madeits way to the Persianized kingdom of Lydia in western Asia Minor, and domesticfowl were imported to Greece by the fifth century BC. Fowl had been known inEgypt since the 18th Dynasty, with the "bird that lays every day" having cometo Egypt from the land between Syria and Shinar, Babylonia, according to theannals of Tutmose III 15, Pullets and cockerels Inthe UK and Ireland adult male chickens are primarily known as cocks, whereas inAmerica, Canada and Australia they are more commonly called roosters. MALESUNDER A YEAR OLD ARE COCKERELS. Females over a year old are known as hens, andYOUNGER FEMALES ARE PULLETS. Sometimes the babies are also called as chicks,and the meat is commonlycalled as chicken. 16. What was the original name of cocksand chickens? Thespecies as a whole was then called domestic fowl, or just fowl. 17. General biology and habitates Chickensare omnivores. In the wild, they often scratch at the soil to search for seeds,insects and even larger animals such as lizards or young mice. Theadult rooster can be distinguished from the hen by his larger comb (Poo – reddish in the colour onthe head) Chickensmay live for five to ten years, depending on the breed. Incommercial intensive farming, a meat chicken generally lives six weeks beforeused for meat use. I am adding it because it is general information. Hens ofspecial laying breeds may produce as many as 300 eggs a year. After 12 months, the hen'segg-laying ability starts to decline, and commercial laying hens arethen used for meat use. 18. Guinness book of world records Theworld's oldest chicken, a hen, died of heart failure at the age of 16 according to the GuinnessBook of World Records. (From wikipedia) 19. Identification of roosters. Roosterscan usually be differentiated from hens by their striking plumage of long flowing tails and shiny,pointed feathers on their necks (hackles) and backs (saddle) whichare typically of brighter, bolder colours than those of females of the samespecies. Theidentification must be made by lookingat the comb, or eventually from the development of spurs on the male's legswhile the difference between males and females is less. 20 Comb and wattle Adult chickens have a fleshy crest on theirheads called a comb or cockscomb, andhanging flaps of skin either side under their beaks called wattles. Both theadult male and female have wattles and combs, but in most breeds these are moreprominent in males. (My aim is to introduce the words COMB AND WATTLE) 21 Beard in chicken A muff or beard is a mutation found inseveral chicken breeds which causesextra feathering under the chicken's face, giving the appearance of a beard. 22. Chuuta kozhia parappikkuka (Fly theburnt cock) Domesticchickens are not capable of long distance flight, although lighter birds aregenerally capable of flying for short distances, such as over fences or intotrees (where they would naturally roost). Chickens may occasionally fly brieflyto explore their surroundings, but generally do so only to flee perceived danger. InCherthala temple, the cocks and chickens are grown ups, mostly they rest ontemple roofing and fly between ground and roof. Sometimes three or four fly togetherlike crows there. The same I have seen in the Kodungallur temple also, thoughthe area of temple is small and always congested. Flying the burnt bird is a term used inBlack magic (manthravadam). While livecocks are not able to fly more distance in the black magic it is told they canfly after burning. 23. Habitate Iam very much interested this add this topic.Chickens are gregarious birds andlive together in flocks. They have a communal approach to the incubation ofeggs and rising of young. Individual chickens in a flock will dominate others,establishing a "pecking order", with dominant individuals having priority for food access andnesting locations. Removing hens or roosters from a flock causes atemporary disruption to this social order until a new pecking order isestablished. ADDINGHENS—ESPECIALLY YOUNGER BIRDS—TO AN EXISTING FLOCK CAN LEAD TO VIOLENCE ANDINJURY. 24. Nest and adaiyirikkal (laying andwarming up eggs) Henswill try to lay in nests that already contain eggs, and have been known to moveeggs from neighbouring nests into their own. Hens can also be extremelystubborn about always laying in the same location. It is not unknown for two (or more) hens to try toshare the same nest at the same time. If the nest is small, or one ofthe hens is particularly determined, this may result in chickens trying to layon top of each other. Hens used to sit over the nests warming up the eggs so that chicks come out afterincubation period. Update- Now mostly warming up of eggs are done artificially in incubator 25. Are you on incubation (Similar tochicken sitting on egg?) Whenpeople simply sitting looking here and there in a particular place withoutmoving this saying is used- Iyyalentha adai irikkuka anao? I will continue in next posting. Mostlythis part is a compilation. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/422041136.503171.1615693710894%40mail.yahoo.com.
