Foghorn Leghorn, the Original

Everyone knows Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, and Foghorn Leghorn. They think. Now, meet the real foghorn of a chicken. The Ayam Bekisar is a male hybrid between Green Junglefowl (Gallus varius) roosters and domestic bankivoid game hens. Ayam Bekisars were used as the original Foghorn Leghorn by boat cultures who used the vociferous hybrids to literally stay in vocal distance from one another when separated by the frequent tropical squalls that one experiences in these seas. To this day one finds Bekisars in Java and Komodo contentedly perched in their bamboo cages hoisted above the fishing boats crowing or rather roaring their terribly long songs And now you know the rest of the story.

Questionable Blog

When I was first introduced to the world of blogging, I saw it as a promising place for a writer to public his ideas and interests, so with hardly a thought I jumped right in. Jumped in over my head. If I had given it even a little thought, I would have checked the depth of the water before diving in. I would have found that, more important than the depth, I needed to take note of the swiftness of the stream. I found that the blogosphere has a rapidly flowing current. On the other hand, I am slow. I move, write, think, and live in the slow lane. But blogging looked so full of possibilities that, without thinking, I jumped in and started ten or twelve blogs. I have a lot I want to say. Almost immediately I realized that, with such a load, I could not keep my head above water, could not catch my breath, so I eliminated all but about seven. I probably will be forced to change that in some future. Only thoughtless ignorance could have led me to call one of these blogs, “The Daily Chicken,” or “The Weekly Banty Chicken.” As it has worked out, “The Occasional Chicken,” or “The Whenever Bantam,” would be more accurate. Although I am hesitant to, I may eliminate this blog. But not until I post another handful of pictures or stories when I find time. _______________ Meanwhile, the photo at the top is Sally, an Americauna pullet. I ordered a few Americauna chicks last summer, not because they are a good-looking chicken, but because they and the Aricauna are the only breeds of chickens in the world that lay anything other than white or tan-brown eggs; their eggs are blue, blue-green, or green. One of my small joys is gathering Sally’s light blue-green eggs, and, when we have company, showing them a small pretty they have never seen before, and likely will never seen again. If you keep chickens, you might be want to order a few Americaunas from your favorite hatchery.