Arizona Chickens

[tightwad]

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Oh, no! Those are so precious, to lose old jars like that! Did you prewarm the?
I put them in the water bath when I'm just starting the water boiling, before filling the jars. If I'm pressure canning, I put the jars in the oven and put the oven on 225 for half an hour. Was the applesauce boiling when you filled the jars?
Did you pressure can or boiling water bath it? For those old jars, I'd probably boiling water bath it, just to be on the safe side, since you can do either with applesauce.

Speaking of canning, I'm going to try this for the first time. I want to make the pomegranate jelly from the recipe TT! posted a while ago. I'm planning on the water bath method, I don't own a pressure canner. Sooooo....can I place the jars directly in the pot or do I have to have that basket thingy to place them in so they dont sit directly on the bottom?

The jars should be lifted slightly. If you don't have the jar basket you could use some canning rings placed on the bottom of the pan or a small round rack from a rice cooker (like a cookie cooling rack). I love http://www.pickyourown.org/allaboutcanning.htm for lots of great canning info.

 

[tightwad]

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She seems to be fine now. Sorry, I panicked a little. (why isn't there an "embarrassed" smiley?)

There was only one drop of blood. I wiped it off with a paper towel and put a tiny bit of bacitracin on it and it seemed to stop completely.
I just seemed to remember reading something about if you pull off the umbilical, the chick is doomed.
Of course, I did it just as I had to run out the door and I didn't have time to do a search.

I'm down to 6 chicks now. I delivered 4 to my friend who ordered with me and 3 to Tracy.

I'll try to get pictures tomorrow, but it's another busy day. I'm sure I'll be able to do it Saturday at the latest.
In the meantime, this is a fun thread: I posted Daisy pictures. (she's an Ideal 236, our favorite right now)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=571343&p=3

edited because I'm so tired I'm dropping words and links

Ok I posted pics on the then and now thread. Maybe the feedback won't all be negative.

Funny! I'm not offended at all.

 

[Arizonachicken]

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Speaking of canning, I'm going to try this for the first time. I want to make the pomegranate jelly from the recipe TT! posted a while ago. I'm planning on the water bath method, I don't own a pressure canner. Sooooo....can I place the jars directly in the pot or do I have to have that basket thingy to place them in so they dont sit directly on the bottom?

The jars should be lifted slightly. If you don't have the jar basket you could use some canning rings placed on the bottom of the pan or a small round rack from a rice cooker (like a cookie cooling rack). I love http://www.pickyourown.org/allaboutcanning.htm for lots of great canning info.

Thank you!

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

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I looked at that entire thread after Beckyhsinglsc posted the link (for some reason I never make it over to that part of the forum). I thought, "How cute! What a great idea for a thread." It was so heartwarming to see how those little fuzzy butts matured. Then I saw the update by AZBootsie. It was a good thing I wasn't drinking anything at the moment. That was one of the funniest things I've seen in awhile.

 

[Beckyhsinglsc]

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I looked at that entire thread after Beckyhsinglsc posted the link (for some reason I never make it over to that part of the forum). I thought, "How cute! What a great idea for a thread." It was so heartwarming to see how those little fuzzy butts matured. Then I saw the update by AZBootsie. It was a good thing I wasn't drinking anything at the moment. That was one of the funniest things I've seen in awhile.

I thought it was funny too.

 

[mclevinson]

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Oh, no! Those are so precious, to lose old jars like that! Did you prewarm the?
I put them in the water bath when I'm just starting the water boiling, before filling the jars. If I'm pressure canning, I put the jars in the oven and put the oven on 225 for half an hour. Was the applesauce boiling when you filled the jars?
Did you pressure can or boiling water bath it? For those old jars, I'd probably boiling water bath it, just to be on the safe side, since you can do either with applesauce.

Speaking of canning, I'm going to try this for the first time. I want to make the pomegranate jelly from the recipe TT! posted a while ago. I'm planning on the water bath method, I don't own a pressure canner. Sooooo....can I place the jars directly in the pot or do I have to have that basket thingy to place them in so they dont sit directly on the bottom?

If you don't have a lifter you can use a washcloth, I've done it for years.

 

[Tracydr]

You can also use a folded up towel on the bottom of the canner.
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Speaking of canning, I'm going to try this for the first time. I want to make the pomegranate jelly from the recipe TT! posted a while ago. I'm planning on the water bath method, I don't own a pressure canner. Sooooo....can I place the jars directly in the pot or do I have to have that basket thingy to place them in so they dont sit directly on the bottom?

The jars should be lifted slightly. If you don't have the jar basket you could use some canning rings placed on the bottom of the pan or a small round rack from a rice cooker (like a cookie cooling rack). I love http://www.pickyourown.org/allaboutcanning.htm for lots of great canning info.

 

[Mikey D]

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Added!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=7422329#p7422329

 

[Mikey D]

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Tracy - they seem OK to me, though my only basis for comparison is the other 8. They are not running but are active and are scratching around. So far so good.

I'm doing battle with the light. I had it aimed at an angle and it only get's up to around 90. I put it in horizontal (aimed straight down) with the lid half on and it heated up well. I moved it back, temp dropped to 90 & chickes are huddled, not clumped, just huddled. - need more heat.

OK - gave em some more American cheese & the Cornish are running around also.

***Edited for update purposes***

 

[Mikey D]

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WAIT - you lost 2 of the new ones? Or was this in the past?