Martha, The chicken that lays colored eggs is a first cousin to an Easter rabbit, seriously, the name for that bird is Aracauna (sp). Have to have my fun. Best wishes, Earl L. Cagle, Sr. > > From: "Martha Davis" <marthadavis1@mindspring.com> > Date: 2007/08/30 Thu PM 08:59:43 EDT > To: <cagle@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [CAGLE] CAGLE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 145 > > Earl, many years ago my Uncle in Smyrna (near the Big Chicken) raised > chickens that lay blue or green speckled eggs. You sound so knowledgable on > the subject, have you any idea what kinda chicken that migh've been (other > than fried!) Martha > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <cagle-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <cagle@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:55 PM > Subject: CAGLE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 145 > > > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: biddy (Sandra Stephens) > > 2. Re: Mary E. Cagle, b. Aug 1882 TN (Mary Cooley) > > 3. Re: biddy (BGKBVK@aol.com) > > 4. Goodness gracious (ecagle1@bellsouth.net) > > 5. Pass the chicken (ecagle1@bellsouth.net) > > 6. Re: biddy (Edwin Merryman) > > 7. Re: biddy (Frances Davis) > > 8. Re: biddy (Gerald Cagle) > > 9. Bittie - Bantie (Dana Meara) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:08:27 -0400 > > From: Sandra Stephens <sandrastephens28@msn.com> > > Subject: Re: [CAGLE] biddy > > To: <cagle@rootsweb.com> > > Message-ID: <BAY133-W31E16CB20F49487799726CC6CD0@phx.gbl> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > FINALLY somebody brought up itty bitty - don't you people listen to > > country music? Didn't you ever hear the song Itty Bitty? Lee, that's a > > really professional answer on the little chickens. Are you kin to Cagle > > Chicken people or something :-) ? > > > > Sandra> From: caglel1@juno.com> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:57:19 +0000> To: > > cagle@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [CAGLE] biddy> > Little chickens were > > called banties, at full growth they weighed about a pound on the foot, > > they would dress-out to about a half pound. A lot of them had feathers on > > their feet.> Anything that was said to be "itty bitty" was a tad smaller > > than small.> > > Lee Cagle> Okla City> > -- BGKBVK@aol.com wrote:> Here is > > the real meaning of Biddy. It is a very small bedchamber pot > antiques. > > We also called little chickens biddies. Ha Bettye> > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour> > > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please > > send an email to CAGLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message> > > > > _____________________________________________________________> Click to > > get kitchen c! > > abinets at affordable prices.> > > http://3rdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iifhXmuRj70CtnRxdHjSQmrY4YBtL7EkWhc0uebKPN4MaXUpR/> > > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please > > send an email to CAGLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________________ > > News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! > > http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:15:41 -0700 > > From: "Mary Cooley" <mlcooley@charter.net> > > Subject: Re: [CAGLE] Mary E. Cagle, b. Aug 1882 TN > > To: <cagle@rootsweb.com>, <ashleycagle1908@sbcglobal.net> > > Message-ID: <000001c7eb4a$ec251930$c46f4b90$@net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Thanks for your response. I saw online trees where this Mary E. Cagle was > > listed as born 1869 and daughter of Robert H Cagle b: 1835 in Hickman Co., > > TN & Caroline Brinkley? b: 22 MAR 1845 in Hickman Co., TN. However, this > > Mary Elizabeth (Cagle) Headrick is consistently listed as being born c > > 1883 > > TN. Here is the 1930 census listing (listed with last name of "Beadrick" > > by > > Ancestry): > > > > 1930 Knoxville, Knox Co., TN; ED 47-23, Ward 10; 1634 Detroit Ave.; 08 > > April; page 65 B, family 208; G. M. Clairborne, Enumerator: > > HEADRICK, James H., head, own, $2000, m/w, 53, married, married 1st at 23, > > TN/TN/TN, laborer, Railroad > > HEADRICK, Mary, wife, f/w, 47, married, married 1st at 18, TN/TN/TN > > HEADRICK, Raymond, son, m/w, 24, married, married 1st at 20, TN/TN/TN, > > laborer, Railroad > > HEADRICK, Louise, daughter-in-law, f/w, married, married 1st at 17, > > TN/TN/TN > > HEADRICK, Raymond, Jr., grandson, m/w, 1-?4/12, TN/TN/TN > > HEADRICK, Claude E., son, m/w, 17, single, TN/TN/TN, laborer, University > > HEADRICK, Mary, daughter, f/w, 13, single, TN/TN/TN > > > > Mary Lou (Cagle) Cooley > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cagle-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cagle-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > > Behalf Of ashleycagle1908@sbcglobal.net > > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:48 AM > > To: cagle@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [CAGLE] Mary E. Cagle, b. Aug 1882 TN > > > > Just to let you know im watching but have nothing to offer > > > > Ashley > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mary Cooley" <mlcooley@charter.net> > > To: <cagle@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 11:28 PM > > Subject: [CAGLE] Mary E. Cagle, b. Aug 1882 TN > > > > > >> Does anyone know why this is not the daughter of William Cagle & Mary > >> Melinda Brewer?: > >> > >> > >> > >> CAGLE, Mary E. - HEADRICK, James Henry - married on 23-DEC-1900 in Knox > >> County, TN > >> > >> > >> > >> 1900 Knoxville, Knox Co., TN; ED 97, Ward 10; 1325 Dehart Ave.; 18 April; > >> page 95, family 119; Ernest West, Enumerator: > >> > >> HEADRICK, James H., head, m/w, 33, married 9 years, Unknown birthplace of > >> self & parents, laborer, River, rent > >> > >> HEADRICK, Mary, wife, f/w, 27, married 9 years, Mother of 4, 3 living, > >> TN/Unknown/Unknown > >> > >> HEADRICK, Stella, daughter, f/w, 6, single, TN/Unknown/TN > >> > >> HEADRICK, Ola, daughter, f/w, 4, single, TN/Unk/TN > >> > >> HEADRICK, James O., son, m/w, 1, single, TN/Unk/TN > >> > >> > >> > >> 1920 Knoxville, Knox Co., TN; ED 93, 12th C.D., Ward 10; 1634 Detroit > >> Ave., > >> 03 Jan; page 5, family 103; James Avery Rush, Enumerator: > >> > >> HEADRICK, James, head, own - mortgaged, m/w, 42, married, TN/TN/TN, > >> laborer, > >> general > >> > >> HEADRICK, Mary, wife, f/w, 37, married, TN/TN/TN > >> > >> HEADRICK, Stella, daughter, f/w, 15, M written over S, TN/TN/TN > >> > >> HEADRICK, Olof, son, m/w, 13, single, TN/TN/TN > >> > >> HEADRICK, Claude, son, m/w, 7, single, TN/TN/TN > >> > >> HEADRICK, Mary, daughter, f/w, 3, single, TN/TN/TN > >> > >> > >> > >> World War I Draft Registration Card: > >> > >> James Henry Headerick > >> > >> Permanent Home Address - 1634 Detroit, Knoxville, Knox, Tenn. > >> > >> Age in Years - 41 > >> > >> Date of Birth - Sept 2nd 1877 > >> > >> White > >> > >> Native Born > >> > >> Present Occupation - Common Labor > >> > >> Employeer's Name - H. C. Milner > >> > >> Place of Employment or Business - Sand Dredge on Tennessee River > >> > >> Nearest Relative - Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Headerick > >> > >> 1634 Detroit, Knoxville, Knox, Tenn. > >> > >> Signed by mark - James Henry Headerick > >> > >> Witness to sig - Mrs. W. Hudson > >> > >> Tall > >> > >> Medium Build > >> > >> Light Blue Eyes > >> > >> Brownish Gray Hair > >> > >> John W. Hudson, Registrar > >> > >> 12 Sept 1918 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Mary > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> CAGLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > >> in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > CAGLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in > > the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:40:19 EDT > > From: BGKBVK@aol.com > > Subject: Re: [CAGLE] biddy > > To: cagle@rootsweb.com > > Message-ID: <c2d.1977e9b7.34089343@aol.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > > Lee Can't resist: Banties are a breed of chickens that were bred to fight > > as > > in fight to the death. This practice still goes on and is probably older > > than > > that dog fighting. Both are disgusting. Bettye > > > > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > > at > > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:43:02 -0400 > > From: <ecagle1@bellsouth.net> > > Subject: [CAGLE] Goodness gracious > > To: <CAGLE@rootsweb.com> > > Message-ID: <200708302143.l7ULh6WU014636@mail.rootsweb.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Goodness Gracious!!!!!! Folks we now got the chickens in the potty and > > no telling what will happen next, the sky may fall. Lee, down in North > > Georgia folk referred to bantam chickens very often as banties. As far > > as the chamber pot goes the nearest I can figure out someone confused > > biddy with bidet, look it up for a descriptive meaning. Sandra, don't > > start the Cagle chicken thing again, we identified Chicken George and his > > progenitors sometime back and you assisted most effectively. At least we > > are communicating, Best wishes, > > Earl L. Cagle, Sr. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:00:40 -0400 > > From: <ecagle1@bellsouth.net> > > Subject: [CAGLE] Pass the chicken > > To: <CAGLE@rootsweb.com> > > Message-ID: <200708302301.l7UN0jsC023959@mail.rootsweb.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > >>From the land of the Big Chicken (Marietta, Georgia). Some information on > >>the bird to help define some of our commentary. The Bantam (banty) is an > >>extremely small chicken that is very alert and territorial and they do > >>fight, some folk may use them for that purpose. Most raise them as a > >>hobby and they come in many varieties, Cochin, Silkie, Duckwing, > >>Seabright, Mille Fluer and many more. > > The hobbiest generally show their fowl. As I said they are territorial > > and will fight, often at the drop of > > a hat and some wore hats, at least topknots. Now, the so called fighting > > chicken, more correctly known as game fowl. These are the birds that are > > bred primarily for fighting and they originated from the Jungle Fowl (the > > bantam probably did also). Game fowl have a wild nature about them and if > > left to range free, steal their nesting place and roost in trees. Some of > > the varities of the game fowl are, Allen Rounhead, Claret, Traveler, > > Madigan Grey (my favorite), Hatch, Brown Reds and many more. > > Many years ago, the poultry producers in an effort to enlarge the breast > > of marketed poultry, introduced game fowl into the breeding program, since > > the game fowl's breast is proportionally larger than other chickens, > > somewhat like what we look for when we are buying a Cornish hen for > > cooking. By the way for those that may not know, the Big Chicken is > > located on Hwy 41 in Marietta, Georgia, a KFC franchise that is built to > > resemble a chicken with opening beak and rolling eyes. This is the > > beginning landmark for locals to use when giving directions. Sometimes, > > if the travel can't find the Big Chicken that can't get where they are > > agoin. Best wishes, Earl L. Cagle, Sr. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 6 > > Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:07:32 -0400 > > From: "Edwin Merryman" <edwinmerryman@hotmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [CAGLE] biddy > > To: <cagle@rootsweb.com> > > Message-ID: <BAY118-DAV85021E78A3E557E0EE4F8ADCD0@phx.gbl> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Lee is right. I had forgotten the name Banty. > > Ed Merryman > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Lee Cagle<mailto:caglel1@juno.com> > > To: cagle@rootsweb.com<mailto:cagle@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 4:57 PM > > Subject: Re: [CAGLE] biddy > > > > > > Little chickens were called banties, at full growth they weighed about a > > pound on the foot, they would dress-out to about a half pound. A lot of > > them had feathers on their feet. > > Anything that was said to be "itty bitty" was a tad smaller than small. > > > > > > Lee Cagle > > Okla City > > > > -- BGKBVK@aol.com<mailto:BGKBVK@aol.com> wrote: > > Here is the real meaning of Biddy. It is a very small bedchamber pot > > antiques. We also called little chickens biddies. Ha Bettye > > > > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new > > AOL at > > > > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour<http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour> > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > CAGLE-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:CAGLE-request@rootsweb.com> with the > > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > > message > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________ > > Click to get kitchen cabinets at affordable prices. > > > > http://3rdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iifhXmuRj70CtnRxdHjSQmrY4YBtL7EkWhc0uebKPN4MaXUpR/<http://3rdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iifhXmuRj70CtnRxdHjSQmrY4YBtL7EkWhc0uebKPN4MaXUpR/> > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > CAGLE-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:CAGLE-request@rootsweb.com> with the > > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > > message > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 7 > > Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:33:18 -0500 > > From: "Frances Davis" <we71357@bellsouth.net> > > Subject: Re: [CAGLE] biddy > > To: <cagle@rootsweb.com> > > Message-ID: <000c01c7eb5e$26901b20$15fe5141@Cheatham2> > > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > > reply-type=original > > > > Lee, banties were actually Bantam, a small type of chicken. Old > > folks just said "banties". Biddies were always baby chickens, > > meaning "small". > > Frances Davis > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Lee Cagle" <caglel1@juno.com> > > To: <cagle@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:57 PM > > Subject: Re: [CAGLE] biddy > > > > > >> Little chickens were called banties, at full growth they weighed > >> about a pound on the foot, they would dress-out to about a half > >> pound. A lot of them had feathers on their feet. > >> Anything that was said to be "itty bitty" was a tad smaller than > >> small. > >> > >> > >> Lee Cagle > >> Okla City > >> > >> -- BGKBVK@aol.com wrote: > >> Here is the real meaning of Biddy. It is a very small bedchamber pot > >> antiques. We also called little chickens biddies. Ha Bettye > >> > >> > >> > >> ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the > >> all-new AOL at > >> http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> CAGLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> _____________________________________________________________ > >> Click to get kitchen cabinets at affordable prices. > >> http://3rdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iifhXmuRj70CtnRxdHjSQmrY4YBtL7EkWhc0uebKPN4MaXUpR/ > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> CAGLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 8 > > Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:45:29 -0400 > > From: "Gerald Cagle" <g_cagle@bellsouth.net> > > Subject: Re: [CAGLE] biddy > > To: <cagle@rootsweb.com> > > Message-ID: <003901c7eb5f$e31122c0$5454fea9@bear> > > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > > reply-type=original > > > > Sandra don't you get involved in the biddy bit. When are you moving to > > Georgia. > > Gearld Cagle > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sandra Stephens" <sandrastephens28@msn.com> > > To: <cagle@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 5:08 PM > > Subject: Re: [CAGLE] biddy > > > > > >> > >> FINALLY somebody brought up itty bitty - don't you people listen to > >> country music? Didn't you ever hear the song Itty Bitty? Lee, that's a > >> really professional answer on the little chickens. Are you kin to Cagle > >> Chicken people or something :-) ? > >> > >> Sandra> From: caglel1@juno.com> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:57:19 +0000> > >> To: > >> cagle@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [CAGLE] biddy> > Little chickens were > >> called banties, at full growth they weighed about a pound on the foot, > >> they would dress-out to about a half pound. A lot of them had feathers on > >> their feet.> Anything that was said to be "itty bitty" was a tad smaller > >> than small.> > > Lee Cagle> Okla City> > -- BGKBVK@aol.com wrote:> Here > >> is > >> the real meaning of Biddy. It is a very small bedchamber pot > antiques. > >> We also called little chickens biddies. Ha Bettye> > > > > >> ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new > >> AOL > >> at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour> > >> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please > >> send an email to CAGLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message> > > > >> _____________________________________________________________> Click to > >> get kitchen c! > >> abinets at affordable prices.> > >> http://3rdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iifhXmuRj70CtnRxdHjSQmrY4YBtL7EkWhc0uebKPN4MaXUpR/> > >> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please > >> send an email to CAGLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> _________________________________________________________________ > >> News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it > >> now! > >> http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> CAGLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > >> in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 9 > > Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:48:10 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Dana Meara <mcmeara@sbcglobal.net> > > Subject: [CAGLE] Bittie - Bantie > > To: Cagle List <cagle-l@rootsweb.com> > > Message-ID: <278188.33659.qm@web82412.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Lee, > > > > Actually the chickens known as Bantie/Banry are a particular breed of > > chicken. The rooster of the bunch is pretty agressive - thus the saying > > "mad as a banty rooster". You're from OK also so probably have heard that > > expression. > > > > In a variation of everyone's comments - I had only heard "bitty" used as > > "old bitty" meaning a little, old lady who was either "a mean old bitty" > > or "a nosey old bitty". But "itty bitty" sounds right for a small person > > or child. > > > > Dana M. > > ---------------------------------- > > Little chickens were called banties, at full growth they weighed about a > > pound on the foot, they would dress-out to about a half pound. A lot of > > them had feathers on their feet. > > Anything that was said to be "itty bitty" was a tad smaller than small. > > > > Lee Cagle > > Okla City > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > To contact the CAGLE list administrator, send an email to > > CAGLE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > > To post a message to the CAGLE mailing list, send an email to > > CAGLE@rootsweb.com. > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > CAGLE-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > > of the > > email with no additional text. > > > > > > End of CAGLE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 145 > > ************************************* > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAGLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >