I love reading about chickens. There are some good new books and some great websites. One book mentioned ‘Hen Fever’, referring to the obsession with fancy breeds. Country gentlemen William Randolph Hearst commissioned Julia Morgan to design an elaborate poultry house for his estate, La Cuesta Encantata, in San Simeon. It has since been refurbished as a house for the present day ranch manager. The first American Poultry Show was held in 1849 at the Public Garden in Boston. Daniel Webster was an exhibitor! Poultry shows were very big.
In some of my books there are sections about preparing for a poultry show, including ‘how to wash’ a chicken. Which I thought was hilarious until recently when one of the girls had a problem…and I ended up giving her a warm bath.
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