➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

@casportpony The Light Brahma hen laid an egg today! It's chalky and have a lot of speckling to it but has a nice thick shell. Should I continue to give her the calcium citrate or wait and see if she starts laying the thin shells again?

 

[Conan]

Yes, it’s mostly why I started raising them. But I actually love their eggs too. And quail tv is always fun.

Neat! I have a free quail and pheasant egg source so I am thinking of trying quail next year. Hoping to use one of my many insane broody Bantam Cochins.
I love how pretty their tiny little eggs are and I can't wait to eat some! Do they taste much different than chicken eggs? Duck eggs? I freaking love duck eggs... my personal favorite so far.

 

[Pugsabi]

Today is my lucky day I guess.
Decided to get off my arse and clean my room. While cleaning a found a $200 check made out to me that is still valid!

Congrats! I have to ask, though, just how does one lose a check with that much money? And forget about it?

 

[Cyprus]

Congrats! I have to ask, though, just how does one lose a check with that much money? And forget about it?

I misplaced it after receiving it then left the country for two weeks and forgot about it. Now it will be part of my necropsy fund.

 

[Pugsabi]

I misplaced it after receiving it then left the country for two weeks and forgot about it. Now it will be part of my necropsy fund.

Okay that makes sense! You probably thought that you would look for it when you got back and then promptly forgot about it. It sounds like something I would do. My biggest 'find' was $20.

 

[Cyprus]

Okay that makes sense! You probably thought that you would look for it when you got back and then promptly forgot about it. It sounds like something I would do. My biggest 'find' was $20.

Not to brag or anything (just felt like saying it) but I found $70 in cash in my backpack leftover from my trip that I forgot about O.O
By the end of this cleaning I might be rich.

 

[RosieR]

Neat! I have a free quail and pheasant egg source so I am thinking of trying quail next year. Hoping to use one of my many insane broody Bantam Cochins.
I love how pretty their tiny little eggs are and I can't wait to eat some! Do they taste much different than chicken eggs? Duck eggs? I freaking love duck eggs... my personal favorite so far.

They are similar taste to a chicken egg I find. But maybe a bit more yolk to white ratio than a chicken egg has.
I literally cannot wait til Easter so I can dye the cute speckled eggs every colour of the rainbow!

 

[RosieR]

They are similar taste to a chicken egg I find. But maybe a bit more yolk to white ratio than a chicken egg has.
I literally cannot wait til Easter so I can dye the cute speckled eggs every colour of the rainbow!

I also love hard boiling them and having little bite sized snacks on hand.

 

[BantyChooks]

Hey @BantyChooks I have a question for you. If a PC is slowing down laying or stopping due to age, is the tendency to go broody still there?

Hm, not sure, I've only had PCs for a year and a half. In chickens in general though, I've never had one go broody after they stopped laying. After they slowed, sure.

 

[adrikeen]

@KDOGG331
Also, if you like root beer floats, you should have one once in a while. No reason not to. A Frosty from Wendy's? Dip your fries in it! Do it every now and then if you want. Just don't do it all the time. Cutting out treats entirely is not only lame, it's not a real solution.

Funny, that's exactly the commercial they are using around here to promote the .50 Frosty..."dip your fries into it!". I heard that on the way home and was horrified!

Why ruin a good Frosty!

Sorry...I'm an ice cream snob....only handmade ice cream/local creamery ice cream for me