SC - Poultry

[Mordonnade]

In a message dated 98-01-05 01:06:33 EST, you write:

<< 
 On the subject of poultry, I have always thought that there were three 
 types of "chickens", regular chickens (Rhode Island Red, White Leghorn,
 Barred Rocks, etc. which are basically raised for eggs), Bantaams, and 
 then the game hens, the best known of which is probably the best know is 
 the Cornish Game Hens, which are raised principally for meat.
 
 Bjorn Lochlannac
  >>

"I" always thought there were just two kinds, the kind you raised for meat and
eggs,  (domestic, males called roosters) and the kind you didn't let the kids
feed, if you liked the kids, (game, the males called cocks).  That seemed to
be the two kinds my 'cajun grandfather raised.  
Ever see "Roots", or watch the Carolina Gamecocks play?  
As for Cornish game hens, my bet is that they were a "game" variety that
became a faddish delicacy at one point, then began to be raised for the table.

Mordonna (Who's been chased by roosters and cocks)
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