[Northkeep] More About Chickens

[Pukhta 'Pooky' Lovtsevich]

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Well Done!
Pooky

Ah! Since the last time I was called into court. {dingding}

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On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 9:49 AM,  <Anawyn at aol.com> wrote:
> Hm-m, ya just have to wonder...did they count their chickens before they
> hatched?...;->
>
>
> In a message dated 3/21/2011 11:25:43 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> kiamichikate at gmail.com writes:
>
> It was  really interesting to find this article about Chicken Husbandry in
> the  Middle Ages, following our conversation about the  fowl.
>
> http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/23772_35_56_HD_N.pdf
>
> For  those who are not inclined to read a 22 page scholarly article about
> the
> intricacies of raising poultry on a demense in England, let me  summarize:
>
> Before the Black Death swept through Britain in the 14th  century, most
> poultry was raised on the manor.  Chickens comprised  about half of the
> avian
> stock (the rest were geese, ducks, pigeons,  etc.).  Most manors maintained
> between 5 and 15 chickens, with some  stocks as large as 100 chickens.
> Records indicate that the average hen  produced around 50 eggs per year, but
> most scholars think this is a low  number, even with the cold winters,
> moulting season, and, of course, the  breeding season.  After the plague
> wiped out 40% of the human  population, the chickens went to the
> peasants, while geese, peacocks and  other less egg-productive birds
> remained
> with the noble and upper  gentry.  Most likely a status thing.
>
> Franziska
>
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