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    Tiramisu! A Special dessert for the Holidays!

    It's been a while since I've made this treat - its my Husband's favorite so I made it for X-mas. I like this recipe because it uses the whole egg! Ingredients Mascarpone cheese (8 oz) 3 large eggs, separated 5 tablespoons sugar 12-16 ladyfingers 3/4 c espresso 1/4 c Vermouth cocoa powder (or...
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    How do roosters lose spurs?

    Hello- I just noticed that my dominant rooster is missing the spur on one leg. There is a black scab where the spur used to be. I haven't been home during the day when the flock is out - not sure why/what may have caused it. I'll keep an eye on it for infection - anything else I should be...
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    Hen going Broody while Incubator hatch starting

    Today my incubator eggs are starting to hatch. I am not expecting a big hatch - 10 chicks max, but I suspect a couple will not make it. It just so happens one of my young hens (a 9 month old Giant Cochin) appears to be going broody. She's been sitting quite a bit in the nesting box, and...
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    Donated my dead hen to science...

    There are some nasty bugs spreading around backyard flocks around Central North Carolina. I lost my favorite hen a little over 2 weeks ago to some sudden respiratory like illness. I lost another one yesterday - but she was different! She did have rapidly progressive (like overnight) paralysis...
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    I don't like eggs, but I still cook with them regularly...

    I don't like eggs. I wish I did, but I don't. The smell of eggs cooking makes me nauseous - needless to say, breakfast (at least a hot one) is not my favorite meal. We got our first 2 hens in April, and I've been doing a pretty good job keeping up with egg production for non-eggy recipes...
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    Can you help figure out the breed?

    I just picked up a couple hens. I am told the white hen is a Brahma-Americauna cross. The black hen also appears to be a cross of some sort. It has a dark pea comb, black skin, and 5 toes on the feet. We don't know the age of the hen, but it is significantly smaller than the white hen and...
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