[MR] the Early Church and Universal Eggs

[Aureellia ferch Gwalchaved]

One of the things it seems people are forgetting is Poultry Biology. Yes the 
all mighty chicken and duck or any other fowl. Domesticated fowl are common 
across most agriculturally based societies. Eggs and poultry made up a 
significant part of the diet of many medieval people, no matter where you 
lived. Now lets talk about sustainable levels of food.

Each spring, the poultry begins to get a bit frisky and start laying eggs. 
Now you, the medieval person, probably had some poultry dishes during the 
winter months. Most poultry do not lay eggs in the winter. They begin laying 
eggs after the days get longer and there is more light. Check with your 
local farm bureau and they can send you lots of scientific information on 
eggs. Once you hit the end of March, the hens are in prime condition for 
setting on the eggs and they are probably laying an egg every day or every 
other day.

Now, Let's say you don't gather eggs for 40 days. Your poultry mileage may 
vary, but my best hens would have laid about a dozen eggs or so before they 
considered setting on them. In some cases, several hens will lay eggs in one 
nest so you get a decent clutch. One of the hens decides to sit on the eggs. 
For clear math, lets say one hen laid one egg a day in one nest and on the 
11th day decides to sit on the eggs. She has 10 eggs under her. Depending on 
your poultry mileage, she will hatch those eggs out in 21-28 days. This 
means at 38 days, you may have chicks! Thus, the 40 eggless days become a 
nice payoff as you now have replaced the winter's reduction in poultry.

Time to celebrate! Everyone will go out and gather up the eggs that didn't 
hatch or any freshly laid ones and have an egg-ceptional celebration. Your 
source of renewable egg protien has returned to your diet.

Guess what happens if you obstain from bunnies for 40 days! WOW!!! Medieval 
farmers are super duper smart!

I guess when it comes to egg and bunny symbols I am going to look at the 
lowest common denominator, which is common sense. Make up a cute story or a 
celebration in ANY culture and you will be able to control the masses for 
their own good. The same technique has been used by people who distribute 
birthcontrol in less developed nations. Rather than time pills or hormones 
by a woman's cycle as we do here, they start every woman in the country 
according to the moon. She may not be able to count, but she can look up at 
night and tell you if its a new moon and time to take her pills again. The 
end goal in any case is for people to survive, so as you make an analysis, 
keep that in mind.


Auree,
ex-Chicken Farmer &
Economic & Political Risk Analysist



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