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From: Jeremy M  Praay
Subject: Egg Art
Date: 11 Dec 2007 19:08:02
Message: <475f2662$1@news.povray.org>
Ok, it's probably not really "Art", I just want a chance to talk about my 
chickens again.  :-)
http://www.beantoad.com/chickens2/img_0255a.jpg

It's week 22 since she hatched, but I finally got a green egg. 
Additionally, I got 2 brown eggs today, making it my best egg day ever. 
They only started laying last week.

This is one of those things that I can't really explain "Why?" I'm doing it. 
There's just something about raising and growing food that feels right, and 
I'm really enjoying raising chickens now.  I hope I never need to buy 
another egg from the supermarket.

What?  A green egg?  Yep.  I was hoping for blue, but green will do.  It's 
an "Easter Egger" chicken, derived from the Araucana breed of South America, 
but also bred with other American breeds.

-- 
Jeremy M. Praay
www.beantoad.com


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From: Bill Pragnell
Subject: Re: Egg Art
Date: 12 Dec 2007 05:30:27
Message: <475fb843@news.povray.org>
Cool. Keeping chickens is something I intend to do, when I have a garden 
of my own. They eat kitchen scraps and turn them into free eggs! It's a 
no-brainer.

The difficult part (at least in the UK) is fox-proofing...


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Egg Art
Date: 12 Dec 2007 07:20:01
Message: <web.475fd1628d291ade5e2636760@news.povray.org>
nice render... ;)


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From: Jeremy M  Praay
Subject: Re: Egg Art
Date: 12 Dec 2007 08:09:32
Message: <475fdd8c$1@news.povray.org>
"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
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> nice render... ;)
>

I've already started looking into that.  Rendering a chicken would be 
difficult, but an egg?  Not a problem.  :-)


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From: Jeremy M  Praay
Subject: Re: Egg Art
Date: 12 Dec 2007 08:21:21
Message: <475fe051$1@news.povray.org>
"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message 
news:475fb843@news.povray.org...
> Cool. Keeping chickens is something I intend to do, when I have a garden 
> of my own. They eat kitchen scraps and turn them into free eggs! It's a 
> no-brainer.
>
> The difficult part (at least in the UK) is fox-proofing...

They're in a coop right now, and unfortunately, that's where they'll spend 
the next 3 months.  Anyway, it's very fox proof.  Mice could still get in, 
and possibly rats too, but rats are only a problem with chicks.  They spent 
the fall and summer in a movable pen.  I learned a few tricks to keep 
predators out of that, after losing one chicken and having another one 
scarred for life (which was only 4 more weeks until he got the axe).

The more I read about raising your own chickens/eggs is that just about 
anything you produce yourself is going to be healthier than what you would 
get at a store.  That's not an answer to my "Why?" question, but it's nice 
to know.


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From: Tom Austin
Subject: Re: Egg Art
Date: 12 Dec 2007 08:38:35
Message: <475fe45b$1@news.povray.org>
Jeremy M. Praay wrote:
> Ok, it's probably not really "Art", I just want a chance to talk about my 
> chickens again.  :-)
> http://www.beantoad.com/chickens2/img_0255a.jpg
> 
> It's week 22 since she hatched, but I finally got a green egg. 
> Additionally, I got 2 brown eggs today, making it my best egg day ever. 
> They only started laying last week.
> 
> This is one of those things that I can't really explain "Why?" I'm doing it. 
> There's just something about raising and growing food that feels right, and 
> I'm really enjoying raising chickens now.  I hope I never need to buy 
> another egg from the supermarket.
> 
> What?  A green egg?  Yep.  I was hoping for blue, but green will do.  It's 
> an "Easter Egger" chicken, derived from the Araucana breed of South America, 
> but also bred with other American breeds.
> 


So, in your case, which came first?
The chicken or the egg?


Tom


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From: M a r c
Subject: Re: Egg Art
Date: 12 Dec 2007 09:10:19
Message: <475febcb$1@news.povray.org>

news: 475f2662$1@news.povray.org...
> Ok, it's probably not really "Art", I just want a chance to talk about my 
> chickens again.  :-)
> http://www.beantoad.com/chickens2/img_0255a.jpg
>
> This is one of those things that I can't really explain "Why?" I'm doing 
> it.

Because it makes you feel independent and closer to self-sufficiency?
Because it is a slow process and it changes from the usual hurry?

Marc


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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: Egg Art
Date: 12 Dec 2007 12:18:50
Message: <476017fa@news.povray.org>
M_a_r_c wrote:

> Because it makes you feel independent and closer to self-sufficiency?
> Because it is a slow process and it changes from the usual hurry?

Because the chickens aren't pumped full of hormones and noxious chemicals.


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From: Ross
Subject: Re: Egg Art
Date: 12 Dec 2007 14:19:39
Message: <4760344b$1@news.povray.org>
"Jeremy M. Praay" <jer### [at] questsoftwarecom> wrote in message 
news:475f2662$1@news.povray.org...
> Ok, it's probably not really "Art", I just want a chance to talk about my 
> chickens again.  :-)
> http://www.beantoad.com/chickens2/img_0255a.jpg
>
> It's week 22 since she hatched, but I finally got a green egg. 
> Additionally, I got 2 brown eggs today, making it my best egg day ever. 
> They only started laying last week.
>
> This is one of those things that I can't really explain "Why?" I'm doing 
> it. There's just something about raising and growing food that feels 
> right, and I'm really enjoying raising chickens now.  I hope I never need 
> to buy another egg from the supermarket.
>
> What?  A green egg?  Yep.  I was hoping for blue, but green will do.  It's 
> an "Easter Egger" chicken, derived from the Araucana breed of South 
> America, but also bred with other American breeds.
>
> -- 
> Jeremy M. Praay
> www.beantoad.com
>
>

How do the eggs taste compared to "Organic, Free Range, No Pesticides" 
advertised eggs? Compared to Non-Organic?

How does the chicken meat compare? Do you have them slaughtered or do you do 
it yourself?


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From: Jeremy M  Praay
Subject: Re: Egg Art
Date: 12 Dec 2007 18:05:00
Message: <4760691c$1@news.povray.org>
"Tom Austin" <taustin> wrote in message news:475fe45b$1@news.povray.org...
>
> So, in your case, which came first?
> The chicken or the egg?
>

10 meat chickens came first.  :-)


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