[Sca-cooks] Chickens!

[Harris Mark.S-rsve60]

Rose, newbie chicken wrangler, inquired:
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I've just moved into a new home, and it came with a henhouse and five chickens. 

But I want to learn more. Where do I go? Where can I get medieval breeds of
chicken? I've been told that these girls won't be very good for eating -- how
would I know?
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I've put a number of comments from Master Johann, and a few others, in this file in the ANIMALS section of the Florilegium. Perhaps some of these comments or resources mentioned might be of use.
fowls-a-birds-msg (71K)  2/16/01    Period fowls and birds. Period Chickens.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/ANIMALS/fowls-a-birds-msg.html

Stefan