Monday, April 11, 2011

The Genealogy of Chickens

This is the last chicken of the original four we started with. Her name is Einstein because she can be stupid at times. Not that Einstein was stupid, I meant it as a joke and it stuck. Einstein the chicken is seven years old which is a abnormally long life for a chicken. She has out live several of her "children". I don't think she has layed an egg in years but we keep her anyway. Today I was trying to figure out the relationship between Einstein and Pretty boy (the new rooster) and it is confusing beyond belief. So maybe writing it down will help me sort it out.
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The story goes: -We started with four Einstein (who's real name was Pennie), Goldie, Ivy and Elvis (who's real name was Micky).
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-Goldie hatched eggs that we got from a friend and we got Squirt and Pea-brain. Pea-brain was given to the Amish. So Squirt became the adopted son of Goldie and reigning king.
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-We got Gwen from a friend.
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-Somewhere in her Goldie and Ivy died.
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-We got ten hens and one banny rooster from a guy my dad worked with.
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-Gwen and Einstein when broody at the same time and all their eggs were fertilized by Squirt.
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-Gwen gave up and we moved her eggs to a incubator, three hatched and we got a rooster (Oscar) and two hens (Savanna and Penelope)
... Oscar the reigning king of the coop


- Einstein hatched two roosters and four hens (Floyd, Chippie, Maggie, Sophie, Thor, and Donald)


- We got rid of the roosters (Floyd and Chippie) to the Amish we got milk from


-We got rid of the banny rooster and some hens


- Elvis died


- Squirt and Gwen didn't make it through the winter.


- Another hen went broody


This lead to that blah blah blah Pretty Boy shows up unannounced. I think I'm more confused now than when I started.


Pretty Boy, Oscars arch rival


So is Einstein and great aunt or a great grandmother or a great great aunt or a great great grandmother? Somethings must remain unknown.

1 comment:

Minnie said...

forget how they're related-I'm impressed you remember all the names!!