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

[Cyprus]

I've got one little Sussex who is a year old now and is stilling laying pullet sized eggs. I like them for when I'm trying to halve a recipe that calls for 3 large eggs. 2 Sussex eggs = 1 1/2 large eggs.

Now you've got me thinking about how bantam eggs would measure up!

 

[Kiki]

Now you've got me thinking about how bantam eggs would measure up!

They don't measure up.
They measure down.

 

[Cyprus]

They don't measure up.
They measure down.

They measure up in my book!
Shhhhhhhh I am on a total chicken math addiction now. Just need to let this episode run its course while I hide my wallet and then I'll be fine.
I am really grounded on the idea of White Legbars and Ayam Cemanis

 

[NanaKat]

Our beautiful Catahoula would constantly challenge our chow mix, Kiki. (I kid you not! Son had learned "kitty, kitty" from the new kitten. Then this little ball of puppy fluff arrives and he says "Kiki! Kiki!" We could not get him off that, so the dog's name was Kiki. Don't argue with a 3 year old.) The Chow mix would let the Catahoula push and push and then she would break bad and the Catahoula would bleed and limp around. We would say, you will learn. Nope. Hard headed dog.

Finally found another home for Kiki since we couldn't keep both. Good natured and we didn't trust the Catahoula with anyone else. Very bonded to me. Like you said, protective of one person. Needed a farm job for that dog. Compared to him, all the others are well behaved. So Crazy Lady won't have another Catahoula.

Yes @RUNuts my husband blames me for her protectiveness because she is more protective of me. It's hard because there are times I want her to be. I don't want strangers on my property or in my house, I want to be safe when hiking and camping, but I want to be able to invite a friend inside or take the dog to a public park and not worry about the behavior of the dog. I've learned I just have to train the people around me. I tell them to ignore her, and sure enough, if the dog is not provoked or feeling threatened, within a few minutes she is nudging the hands of of scary stranger friend I invited over for dinner trying to convince them to pet her even though she was trying to convince them to get out of our house just minutes before, or she will come drop a tennis ball at their feet (obsessed with a ball, will automatically be the friend of any human with a ball and fight to the death with any dog with a ball). She also without fail tries to herd small children, though this is probably the Australian Shepherd in her.

You could both be describing our Rhodesian Ridgebacks instead of our Catahoula/lab Red.
Red is laid back, loves everybody he senses are safe. His hackles are up and he barks loudly when he senses our hesitation around a stranger. A lover of children, chicks and calves, Red will alert us if one is in trouble, sick or hurting. He loves the baby chicks getting nose to beak with them and lets them hop all over him. Calves get face washes frequently. Bring a chilled newborn into the kitchen and Red lays beside it offering his warmth.
Our girls are more protective, picking me to protect with their bodies between me and any perceived threat. Wary of strangers, they are on guard until introduced. Then they are fine. Lily rarely barks, Ruby alert barks and stops when told "enough".

 

[RUNuts]

@NanaKat sounds like you have a wonderful pack. The one I'm living with right now never met a stranger. They will bark a good game, but pet me wins. Unless you are a squirrel. Squirrels beware!

 

[Cryss]

I guess I've missed something. I know the balut were on hold. Are they permanently on hold?

 

[RUNuts]

#1
@Ursuline Chick @PirateGirl and everyone else, care to comment?
looking for input on egg sizes since Kiki, bless her heart, asked me if I weighed my eggs. Whelp, now I do.

BTW, yesterday I got 1 peewee, 3 small, 8 Medium and 7 Large. This is 14 from yesterday and five from earlier.

 

[PirateGirl]

Miss Sunshine still doesn't want to eat
but she will give in and eat hamburger and eggs
so I guess the old girl gets gourmet dinner the rest of her life

 

[Kiki]

I guess I've missed something. I know the balut were on hold. Are they permanently on hold?

Temporary hold.
How long not sure.

 

[Kiki]

Miss Sunshine still doesn't want to eat
but she will give in and eat hamburger and eggs
so I guess the old girl gets gourmet dinner the rest of her life

Is she drinking and peeing?

I used to think that a dog would stop eating before they pass.
I no longer think this because my last doggy that die recently ate his lunch the day he died.
He did eat less for a few days before...but for some reason I though he would completely stop.