Chicken Breeds Resource

I found this website with short video clips of different breeds of chickens (and ducks, guineas, etc...).  The videos I was looking at appeared to have been taken at a poultry show in Europe so the animals are very nice representatives of the breed.  It was helpful for me because I could see how the animal actually moves - much different than looking at a two-dimensional representation.  Enjoy!

http://www.mypets.egzoticpheasant.com/browse-chickens-videos-1-date.html

When in Doubt, Change Your Tune

I'm much more successful at finding information South American chickens online when I change my browser language settings from English to Spanish.  (We won't talk about how long that took me to figure out!)

How to Change Your Settings in Google Chrome

Since it took me two years to discover this trick I'm going to break it way down so that when I forget it won't take me another two years to remember. :)

Step 1 Click on the Chrome Settings icon in your browser toolbar

Step 2 Scroll down to the Languages section and click on "Language and input settings"

Step 3 Click on "Add"

 Step 4 Scroll down to "Spanish - Latin America"

Step 5 "Spanish - Latin America" and "Spanish" will get added to your list of languages. You have to drag them to the top for the search engine to prioritize sites written in Spanish.

Step 6 Click "Done" in the lower right corner and close the settings window.  

Critter Cam Captures Daily Routines

Well, we didn't get the date or time set right but that motion sensor camera took over a thousand pictures in the span of a week. We had it trained on the central staging area behind the BeakHouse coops. It was fascinating to watch our daily routines unfolding..... we actually forgot it was even there! Unfortunately the predators managed to escape detection. PS It was the last week of June - one of the hottest this year.