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  1. Linda in San Diego

    Family Tree info for Farmer Kitty and others

    My Uncle Edward found a great family tree site. www.geni.com just go there, start building your tree and invite family. We now have family from all over adding their family in and leaving messages. It is great. The more you know about your tree, the more family you can add! Check it out!
  2. Linda in San Diego

    Chickens in the News

    But it is not BYC - it is urbanchickens - well, at least it is a start. BTW, the English teacher in me says this is a really weak story. But here it is Urban Residents Save Money by Raising Chickens
  3. Linda in San Diego

    Egg Substitute? What are they thinking?

    I am looking at recipes to use for tonight's dinner. I have frozen tilapia fillets and am looking for inspiration to spice up dinner. Here is what I don't understand... 2. Place crackers in a food processor; process until fine crumbs measure 1 cup. Place crumbs in a shallow dish. Place flour...
  4. Linda in San Diego

    Happy Egg Dance

    Between yesterday and today I collected 18 eggs from the Delightful Dozen. Only one egg was under 2.0 oz, we were getting at least 4 under 2.0 before today. I definitely prefer the large to extra large sizes, I don't feel right selling small eggs to folks unless I warn them ahead of time. The...
  5. Linda in San Diego

    Evil Feed Store Guy

    DH and I stopped by the feed store for organic layer - while I was paying the fellow who is in charge had the #50 bag on his shoulder and was asking how many eggs I was getting and when I told him 5 - 9 a day out of the Delightful Dozen he asked if they had slowed down for winter - I said not...
  6. Linda in San Diego

    Cheeks!

    LOL - in another thread someone said their cheeks hurt - facial, not other. That made me remember an occasion that caused my face cheeks to hurt. I had broken up with my DBF of many years. My BF invited me to an event at SDSU in the open air theater. Bill Cosby was to perform that night. It...
  7. Linda in San Diego

    OK, English is such a difficult language

    I was in my staff meeting today and my principal said, "I culled out some good ideas from the video" I looked at him funny and the teacher next to me asked each other "Why would you cull the good ones?" LOL Still not sure everyone in the room understood it the same way we did! LOL
  8. Linda in San Diego

    Looking for a recipe - Chicken and Slick Dumplins

    Grandma and Mom made these but they are in NO recipe book/file that I can find. I think the "slick dumplins" must be a homemade noodle, but really can't find it anywhere. I have only met one other person who even knew what I was talking about. Anyone in BYC have that recipe?
  9. Linda in San Diego

    Boiled egg success finally

    Ok, I read and read and finally I may have found a solution that works for me. I started the water added salt and then placed the eggs in the nearly boilng water. Then about 5 minutes before I was going to remove them from the boiling water I "thwacked" each one. The whites were cooked so no...
  10. Linda in San Diego

    What do you chickens mean to you?

    I read posts here all the time. Many folks are new to chickens but many are people who have had chickens for years. I got chicken fever last year and took a day off work (which I hate to do even when I am really sick) to go get the chicks. The Delightful Dozen have been just that. So I am...
  11. Linda in San Diego

    3 cats today

    3 catalogues arrived today! the welp hatchery catalogue burgess seed & plant living the country life ok, so it was 70 F here and 80 F nearby - but I can have sympathy pains for those of you north of me???? It was fun!
  12. Linda in San Diego

    whole wheat vs white flour for thickening

    I have whole wheat flour in my cupboard and in the last few recipes where flour was called for as a thickening agent - flour (made a roux), clam chowder (whip into the milk and add, bring to boil and it will thicken) - the recipes have failed to thicken like I expected.... I have made gravy's...
  13. Linda in San Diego

    No, niet, nine

    So I came in the house a little while ago and called out, "nine", and my husband responded, "oh, I'm sorry!" Silly boy, he knew I was calling out the number of eggs in English and he chose to respond as if I was speaking German! LOL
  14. Linda in San Diego

    1 reason to watch Samanth Who?

    I have been enjoying the series called Samantha Who? One of the fun things to watch is all of the chicken related decorations in her parents' house. The dad owns a chicken processing plant so the house has every knick knack of the chicken variety. Kinda fun.
  15. Linda in San Diego

    Seems It Never Rains In Southern California - well, almost never

    We had one of our "storms" this week so it was the first rain for the Delightful Dozen. They did not seem to mind at all. In fact, they prospered! LOL. We got some rain showers, heaviest at night while the DDoz were in the coop. But they were not bothered at all by the showers during the day...
  16. Linda in San Diego

    Are SoCal chickens different?

    My hens are still laying a good number of eggs each day. A week ago I figured the Delightful Dozen were slowing down, we had a day with just 3 eggs, then 2 days with just 5 from the Delightful Dozen. But then this week, they are back on track with about 7 a day. Does that qualify as slowing...
  17. Linda in San Diego

    First dozen from the Delightful Dozen

    Well, it is a special day here at Dragonfly Farms! We got one egg from each hen today! My DH put all of today's eggs together for me to see when I got home from work today! I love collecting eggs and I miss it on the weekdays! But it was awesome to find out that we had a total egg day! We also...
  18. Linda in San Diego

    So, how to explain FRESH eggs?

    Today, for the umteenth time - I went to cook myself two eggs in my awesome 8" cast iron skillet. Got the heat up just right with a little bacon fat, broke the first egg in, then the second and then had to talk to myself!!! I do not need to make sure the eggs are against the two opposite sides...
  19. Linda in San Diego

    Were we had?

    $35 later... My DH and I stopped by the local supermarket on the way home. DH has a bad back and when we were ready to check out, DH decided to go to the van and wait for me there. Once I was done and headed out, I knew something was up. There was a lady on her cell phone talking to DH through...
  20. Linda in San Diego

    GLW and egg size

    In my siggy line, you can see the different breeds/strains of hens that make up the Delightful Dozen. So far, all are laying except the Barred Rock - go figure. But the Gold Laced Wyandottes have been laying for a couple of weeks and the way we recognize their eggs is that they are so small! I...
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