Chickens and Ducks in the Barnyard, Edgar Hunt (1876-1953)
the first day of Spring
Mar 19
Other Scottish Country Dances for this Day
Today's Musings, History & Folklore
"🎶 Chicken in the bread pan
Scratching out dough,
"Granny, will your dog bite?"
'No, child, no.'"
~ Traditional
It's Spring! Channel your Young Rooster and Spring Chicken Days with this 40 bar jig which thoughtfully contains no setting nor poussettes but is still challenging enough for chickens of all ages! And speaking of chickens ... urban and suburban homesteading on the rise, and the popularity of keeping backyard chickens for fresh eggs is more popular now than ever! The colours of eggs laid by chickens are dependent on both the breed and the sunlight, chicken feed etc ... Breeds that naturally produce blue and brown tinged eggs can result in eggs of all shades! And there are also "Easter Egger "chickens, a variant of Araucanas and Ameraucanas breeds can naturally produce a variety of egg colors such as blue, green, brown, sage, olive, cream, and rose to fill your Easter Baskets! 🐣 🐣 🐣 🐓 🐓 🐓 💙 💚 🤎 💗 🥚 🥚 🥚
Spring Chicken
The Vernal Equinox, may put one in mind of spring chickens, both the feathered kind and those amongst our acquaintance!
The term "spring chicken" has origins in its literal meaning. In the early 1700s, Farmers found that chickens born in the spring brought better prices than older ones that had gone through the winter.
Impress your friends with chicken terms:
Bantam: A diminutive breed of domestic fowl.
Boiler: A chicken 6 to 9 months old.
Broiler: A cockerel of 2 or 3 pounds, at 8 to 12 weeks old.
Cock: A male chicken, also called a rooster.
Cockerel: A young rooster, under 1 year old.
Fryer: A chicken of 3 to 4 pounds, at 12 to 14 weeks old.
Hen: A female chicken.
Nest Egg: Literally, a china or wooden egg placed into the nest to encourage laying; figuratively, something set aside as security.
Point-of-lay Pullet: A young female, just about to lay, near 5 months old.
Pullet: A young female chicken, under 1 year old.
Roaster: A chicken of 4 to 6 pounds, over 12 to 14 weeks old.
Rooster: A male chicken; also called a cock.
Sexed Chicks: Separated into pullets only or only cockerels
Straight Run: Pullets and cockerels, mixed (unsexed or “as hatched.”)
The Scots Grey, also known as Chick Marley or Shepherd's Plaid, is a breed of domestic chicken originating in Scotland, where it has been bred for more than two hundred years. It was formerly known as the Scotch Grey and until about 1930 was popular in Scotland for both white eggs and meat.
For more on native Scottish breeds, click the Scots Grey rooster!
Click the dance cribs or description below to link to a printable version of the dance!
