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Good fodder for Oxen: No. 1

It wasn't that long ago, in the overall scheme of things, that most folks used the cycles of the moon to keep track of things. Only a mere one hundred and fifty years ago, that is about five generations ago, North America was by and large an agrarian place that worked just fine without appointment memos and daily reminders. All one had to do was glance up at the night sky to make sense of things.  If it was close to the new moon, that is, the moon's darkest or least visible phase, it was a good time to "set eggs" for hatching, or to get the cow bred.

The Wyandotte: an American Original

It all started in New York State in the 1870's.  No one is really sure who first crossed the Sebright bantam with a cochin, but it is thought these first efforts took place in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of upstate New York.  The purpose was to create a good dual purpose  American fowl that was also handsome enough to excell in the show ring. Some say that the Wyandotte is named after the indigenous American peoples that inhabited that part of North America.