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.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
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.
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One the eighth of July, you commented on owls. I remember telling you that I did not know we had owls in the neighborhood. Patty and I just came home, Saturday day evening, September 8, 2007, about 8:20. Just as we got out of the car, I heard the unmistakable mournful cry of a screech owl. It was a little south and east of our home not very far. That should make it about a block west of your backyard. I hope you have your chickens safe for the night!
I used to hear that owl across our back alley, but its been a long time.
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