[Sca-cooks] a Lenten question-

[Bill Fisher]

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 13:36:14 -0800, Laura C. Minnick <lcm at jeffnet.org> wrote:
> At 09:36 AM 2/11/2005, you wrote:
> Johann, what about chickens? When I was a girl our neighbors usually let
> the hens set in the spring, but I don't have any idea if that was a period
> practice.
> 
> I'm not sure that a 'virtue of necessity' is necessarily what Lent is
> about, but if it happens out that way...
> 
> 'Lainie

It is easier to keep chicks alive in the spring and summer in an open 
farm setting,   So in the spring you leave the roosters with the hens
and get fluffballs.

Cadoc
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