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Prince Edward Island Lighthouses: Light The Way Home
As a coastal community the lighthouses of Prince Edward Island not only served the practical purpose of lighting the way home before the era of GPS navigation, they now offer a unique opportunity to those who visit. Prince Edward Island offers a variety of lighthouse tours ranging from the scenic to the informative.
As most are aware, lighthouses served as a navigational aid for sailors and the ships they captained. Lighthouses are towers that are positioned on sea shores, or even sometimes in harbours. They use a series of lamps and lenses to help guide navigating vessels on the high seas. Lighthouses are used to mark dangerous coastlines, steer ships away from hazards, mark safe entry points into harbours and assist in aerial navigation. With that in mind it is important to note how important lighthouses were to trade and commerce throughout human history.
PEI has a rich history and is the birthplace of confederation in Canada. It also has many historic lighthouses that were used to guide the ships delivering goods to and from Canada. PEI's lighthouses are classified in two ways "First Generation" (built before 1873) and "Second Generation" (those built following 1873). The difference between the two types is that first generation lighthouses have an octagonal shape and were constructed when timber was plentiful in the province. The second generation lighthouses are square shaped as by this point (post 1873) PEI's timber supply had been scarce because of the shipbuilding industry.
Lighthouse technology, although used less in modern times, employs a series of lamps and lenses to project light over large distances. This technology utilizes concentrated light from a single continuous source and magnifies and reflects it so that it can be beamed across open water. The first lighthouses were lit by candles, later by whale oil, then by the 1870's kerosene was typically used.
As an island PEI boasts over 40 historic lighthouses. Surrounded by both scenic red sand beaches and rugged cliffs touring the lighthouses provides wonderful insight into maritime life and well as a rich Canadian history. Since Prince Edward Island is surrounded by water you are never to far from the breathtaking views of the gentle island.
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About PEI Prince Edward Island is widely known as the historic birthplace of Canada. The Charlottetown conference held in 1864 was the first meeting of a series which ultimately led to the confederation of Canada in 1867. Visit the
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My Rhode Island Red hen plucked all her belly feathers out?
I know that broody hens pluck their belly feathers, but she's not. It's bear, a bit flushed, and feels very warm to the touch. What could be the cause?
They are not kept locked, as they are free range.
How old is she? Hens don't usually moult in their first winter, but if she's going through her second or subsequent winters she may be moulting - are you sure she's only shedding breast feathers? Hens don't shed all their feathers at once when they moult, they kind of work their way round their bodies, for obvious reasons. Usually they start the annual moult earlier than this, mine started in October and have only just more or less finished. If moulting you'll find an assortment of different kinds of feathers scattered around.
How do you know she's not going broody? The effect of going through moult, plus the short days and lack of light, will mean that laying slows down or stops - is she still laying? If going broody, she'll be laying eggs and she'll try to find a safe place to sit on them and won't like being disturbed. If your birds are free range it's very likely she'll have hidden her nest from you. If she's a purebred RIR, she's more likely to go broody than if she's a hybrid, which have had broodiness bred out of them. If her breast feels very hot, this is definitely a possibility. If you don't want her to sit on her eggs, you'll have to break her of her broodiness, as otherwise she'll lose a lot of condition, which is bad for her if it's to no purpose. Maybe ask another question if you think this is so and don't know how to go about it.
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