chicken production industry, it was common to grow dual-purpose breeds or to mate a dual-purpose rooster such as a Rhode Island Red with a Barred Plymouth Rock (Figure 1) hen to produce male progeny that were barred like their mothers and female progeny that were nonbarred like their ...
One of the reasons that people chose to have chickens is that we like to look at them. Feathers shimmer in a range of gorgeous hues. Their fluffy-feathered bottoms are both charming and comical. Some breeds are sleek, and some, like my cochin, Pearl, look like a fussy Victorian lady. ...
Crow. "If you want to know the answer to your question, come over to the barn‧yard 谷仓‧院子 and ask the Rooster. He'll give you an answer that you won't like." And then she walked away with stately steps. Mr. Crow watched her with a baleful gleam 闪光 in his eyes. He ...