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moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Need some custard recipes? Eric loves vanilla custard for breakfast, and since it is basically milk and eggs with a little sugar, I figure it is better for him than donuts for breakfast. Don't forget the vanilla pods. |
Grant Nelson Send message Joined: 7 May 12 Posts: 8022 Credit: 4,237,757 RAC: 0 |
we had 15,000 chicken as a kid and 1/2 of them were Rhode island Reds, I like those eggs better for some reason. If your going to feed them get a little oyster shells and some grit. it comes ground up and they need it for egg shells, the grit they might that out of the yard anyway. Yes like one person said don't let them in the house because they might have Red Mites and they bite, we had to spray for them about every 3 months in the chicken coop, just like fleas. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
we had 15,000 chicken as a kid ... Oh my. Did you also have to clean up the mess they make? I have done that to several chickens but not thousands of them. Only less than perhaps a dussin of them that resulted to a very big heap of dung. On the other hand it was in Finland staying at a friend of mine's grand mother... |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51469 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
"The staff pumped the marsupial with fluids to flush out the alcohol in her system. She sobered up in a few days and was released on Thursday unharmed." Opossum in Florida gets drunk after breaking into liquor store. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3331 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
Wiki says:The Rhode Island Red was developed as dual-purpose breed, to provide both meat and eggs. Since about 1940, it has been selectively bred predominantly for egg-laying qualities, and the modern industrial Rhode Island Red is a layer breed. Rhode Island Reds have been used in the creation of many modern hybrid breeds, mainly due to the prolific egg laying abilities of the Rhode Island Red.[citation needed] I haven't seen any so far. If the birds are old enough to lay eggs, then they're laying them in a secret location. (I don't really eat many eggs, anyway.) ~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3331 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
Need some custard recipes? Eric loves vanilla custard for breakfast, and since it is basically milk and eggs with a little sugar, I figure it is better for him than donuts for breakfast. I'm not a big custard eater. In fact, I can't remember the last time I ate custard, unless you count some pastry that had custard inside. Well, wait. I can't remember that, either! I'm diabetic, so sugar is a no-go. I can't imagine how it would taste using an artificial sweetener. ~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3331 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
we had 15,000 chicken as a kid and 1/2 of them were Rhode island Reds, I like those eggs better for some reason. 15,000?!! Holy crap! You must have raised them to sell (either the chickens or the eggs), right? I think I got them some oyster shells. I think I left the bag in the car. I got something that I left in the car. (My mom was visiting and I didn't want her making a fuss about me buying things for "someone else's" chickens. Red mites?! Oh no! I think those are the little buggers I get in my back yard every year. I'll have to do some research. ~Sue~ |
Grant Nelson Send message Joined: 7 May 12 Posts: 8022 Credit: 4,237,757 RAC: 0 |
Yes we sold the eggs and hatched about 4,000 each spring to replace the ones that are done laying forever. Yes the chicken we sent to market. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Yes we sold the eggs and hatched about 4,000 each spring to replace the ones that are done laying forever. I hope that your egg farm also gave the chickens some respect and some good living conditions. I have seen too many examples of egg and poultry factories mistreating the poor animals. |
Grant Nelson Send message Joined: 7 May 12 Posts: 8022 Credit: 4,237,757 RAC: 0 |
They were large coops and almost could call it free range chickens. They were well taken care of, feed put down 2 times a day and eggs collected 3 times a day. the young ones had wide open area and 6 coops to go into at night. Sometimes they would roost in a tree near by. LOL In 5 months when they start laying they were moved in with the others. laying outside made it a trick to find the eggs. LOL |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
They were large coops and almost could call it free range chickens. Sounds great. Happy chicken eggs taste so very much better than the other unlucky chicken eggs. |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Raccoons and chickens do not generally mix well. |
Grant Nelson Send message Joined: 7 May 12 Posts: 8022 Credit: 4,237,757 RAC: 0 |
Sounds great. Happy chicken eggs taste so very much better than the other unlucky chicken eggs. Yes they sure do. Raccoons and chickens do not generally mix well. A Raccoon will tell you that, a nice tasty chicken before bed goes well. LOL |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
I'm not sure whether to post this here or in Recipes and Food. Maybe both. https://youtu.be/mmsB8iAXBdI David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Grant Nelson Send message Joined: 7 May 12 Posts: 8022 Credit: 4,237,757 RAC: 0 |
What I was stating Chris that I seem to like them better, I know there is no difference but when I have been buying brown eggs the yokes stand up better. I had a small flock of Plymouth Rocks once which is a black and white speckled chicken and the eggs was light gray and kind of dark gray speckles. They were just fine. I only had them for a short time, I got them because they were different. I only had about a dozen of them. Yes brown eggs cost just about a dollar more a dozen and I just can't figure why. I don't eat many eggs anymore. Though I do have some about once a month. |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
...I know there is no difference but when I have been buying brown eggs the yokes stand up better. There may be a higher turn-over rate for brown eggs over white eggs at the store where you shop. Yolks stand up better in eggs that are fresher. If the brown eggs sell faster than the white eggs, the brown eggs are probably fresher. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65793 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
In powdered eggs, I have no idea what color the shell was, all I see is Yellow... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
j mercer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 |
...I know there is no difference but when I have been buying brown eggs the yokes stand up better. That is a biggy. Once you have had farm fresh (one to two days old) fertile eggs where nothing runs, the whites have a vertical edge to them. Yummmm! Great images of fresh eggs on this Italian site. Scroll down a bit to see images. https://www.greenme.it/mangiare/alimentazione-a-salute/16101-uova-come-riconoscerle-dal-tuorlo The numbers on the side of US carton tell the story. Pack date vs. sell-by date. It can be a couple days before they get packed, so even older than label. After a while you start to get a feel for the brands and just how fresh they are. I know what the days number is before I go shop eggs. har... This blew me away when I found out about it. Important Egg Carton Numbers: Oh! and I like eggs... wink wink ... |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22237 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Add to Chris's list: Safe until Destroy after As he said - a mess. Many folks take the "sell by" as an indication that the product will kill them if they eat eat one second after that date, but in reallity it is a commercial date so the shop can have a reasonable turn-over of stock (and hence money) Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20388 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
The red stamp brand is on every egg they sell. Just their's. |
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