California - Northern

[Grandmas Basket]

Thanks, Kelly! I've heard about crowing females but never had one! She sure does a good job at it!

Tilly, my CL, is a bit younger than yours. She is quite vocal. Until I read your post I didn't realize hens could crow. If so, my Tilly could be a contender. My neighbors would need a lot of free eggs to overlook crowing, hen or not. Let us know if she continues this top dog behavior in the future.

 

[lawatt]

bad news: the little campine chick that got stepped on badly yesterday, that i returned to its mama for the night, has died -- poor little thing. i now wish i had kept it in the house overnight...

thankfully the weaker chick that's with the other broody is looking stronger this morning -- hoping it's over the hump, so to speak. so that's three chicks total -- no sign of any pipping with the remaining eggs, i'll probably take them out of the nests later today.

oh, and a question: given that one broody has only two chicks and the other only one, does it make sense to put them both in the same pen, to see if they might co-raise them? if so, does anyone have experience on when to introduce the two (daytime, evening, wait a few days til the chicks are a little bigger?)

 

[ronott1]

A Rolling Pin!!! You mean you didn't do the whole traditional slapping it back and forth and throwing it in the air thing?

I watched a Food Network show and the Great Grandson of one of the original Italian Pie places in the US said he did not throw the dough. He picked it up by the edge and let gravity pull the dough while turning it. I do that sometimes.

I try to make the recipes easy for everyone to follow though.

Part of the danger of being retired is time to indulge in fantasy fulfillment. Your pizza shot immediately triggered my yearning for a pizza oven! I thought about incorporating one into the backyard when we redid it last year. The price of purchasing one made DIY the best option, but left it out as had plenty other projects to do. DH is a Celiac and cannot enjoy pizza unless crust is GF. I'd like to find a decent crust option for him. I want to give a try to your dough. Would love to try using some thinly sliced Dakota sausage we get in Lockeford. Have tomatoes a plenty to add as topping. Oink oink. Thanks for sharing.

The crust was almost better without the sauce and other stuff. Letting it rise for a long time really does something to the dough.

Pizza Oven! You can cook a bunch of things in one of those.

Arielle probably has a Gluten Free pizza dough recipe. I will go ask her.

 

[Ali707]

bad news: the little campine chick that got stepped on badly yesterday, that i returned to its mama for the night, has died -- poor little thing. i now wish i had kept it in the house overnight...

thankfully the weaker chick that's with the other broody is looking stronger this morning -- hoping it's over the hump, so to speak. so that's three chicks total -- no sign of any pipping with the remaining eggs, i'll probably take them out of the nests later today.

I'm sorry. I was wondering how that turned out.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Sorry for the lost chick. I wouldn't try to force a co-brooding of the babies. I've had hens fight over chicks ending in a dead chick.

Ron - I worked for a pizza parlor when I was a kid and learned the stretching technique.. I don't throw the dough, but I do roll it partially, then stretch it on my arms until its the size I like.

 

[ronott1]

Sorry for the lost chick. I wouldn't try to force a co-brooding of the babies. I've had hens fight over chicks ending in a dead chick.

Ron - I worked for a pizza parlor when I was a kid and learned the stretching technique.. I don't throw the dough, but I do roll it partially, then stretch it on my arms until its the size I like.

Yes, I do that too. When I was growing up we made pizzas in a cookie sheet so no tossing for that!

I really like working with dough--it is as close as I get to being artistic....

 

[lawatt]

Sorry for the lost chick. I wouldn't try to force a co-brooding of the babies. I've had hens fight over chicks ending in a dead chick.

thanks -- i had both situations with my earlier batch of broodies, that two fought and the rest (three) all co-existed in the same coop with their chicks -- not exactly co-brooding, but leaving each other & the chicks alone. what i'm thinking of now is the same situation, a large pen (8x8 run + 8x4 henhouse) with just these two girls and their respective chicks. but maybe, since so few chicks remain, it's not worth trying?

will the lone chick being raised by the marans broody be "lonesome"? i've read that raising a single chick alone in the brooder isn't a good idea, but i'm sure it's different with a mom...

 

[Ali707]

I watched a Food Network show and the Great Grandson of one of the original Italian Pie places in the US said he did not throw the dough. He picked it up by the edge and let gravity pull the dough while turning it. I do that sometimes.

I try to make the recipes easy for everyone to follow though.
The crust was almost better without the sauce and other stuff. Letting it rise for a long time really does something to the dough.

Pizza Oven! You can cook a bunch of things in one of those.

Arielle probably has a Gluten Free pizza dough recipe. I will go ask her.

Yes I too worked in a pizza place in high school. I did the gravity method often because let me tell you during rush hour (which was dinner time) slapping that dough around and flinging it did get exhausting. Excellent cardio and upper body wok out!.

 

[8machines]

Scary!!! I'm thinking about getting a dog for protection, but I'm afraid of having my chickens killed. Right now my Chihuahua Chico is my guard dog, barks at everything at least lol.

They do bark well and I am sure they would not hurt chickens. I have thought about this breed before, but I would need to train them to stay off furniture and not scare deer away.

 

[windandraine]

Hi ya'll. So I have two hens that have been laying pretty regularly since about march. All of the sudden they have not been laying any eggs. I have gotten one egg from my silkie hen in the last two weeks and my EE has not laid an egg for at least a week. I have checked for mites, lice anything and have not seen anything. Could it be the heat? I sure am missing my fresh eggs. Any thoughts?