Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[SnapdragonQ]

Love my dishwasher! I wash the big pots, and when there's a company dinner (not recently!) the good china and flatware, but otherwise, the dishwasher is great.

Ditto that! I have a few things I hand wash to save wear and tear on the finish, but by golly if the drying element doesn't melt it...into the silver cave it goes!!
I use a very mild and natural kiddo safe detergent so if any residue is left on the dishes it's safe.

 

[FortCluck]

Well, you have cactus DNA too, so.....you know.....

Cactus with glittery toe nails. Painted my toes because I felt like being fancy

 

[Folly's place]

My mom's good Wedgewood dishes; when they came here, I called the company. Can they go in the dishwasher? Prolonged laughter from the phone... No way! Nobody had dishwashers then.
Mary

 

[BigBlueHen53]

How did the processed birds work out? How old were they? Did you get finished weights on them? Are you happy with the sizes?

They were just over 16 weeks old. I haven't weighed them. They look good to me. Hang on. Okay, they are all under 3#. 2 lb. 8 oz, 2 lb. 11 oz and 2 lb. 12 oz. Is that small? It's okay, I usually make dumplings or noodle soup out of them anyway, we don't need a lot of meat. Just good flavor.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

They were just over 16 weeks old. I haven't weighed them. They look good to me. Hang on. Okay, they are all under 3#. 2 lb. 8 oz, 2 lb. 11 oz and 2 lb. 12 oz. Is that small? It's okay, I usually make dumplings or noodle soup out of them anyway, we don't need a lot of meat. Just good flavor.

Well compared to meat birds that is small, but those are a whole different ball of wax.

The reason I grilled you is because I've got (hopefully) eggs hatching in the next few days using my Aussie Roo's input and I'll probably put the extra roos in the freezer. It's been hard to gather data on Aussies as meat birds and this is a new adventure for me so well, yes...I grilled you. Sorry.
In addition to hatching out some Aussie and Aussie mixes, I've got some pastured meat bird types and a few other breeds coming in. The grand plan is to try and experiment a little.

When I ordered the chicks in April my roo had just turned one and seemed rather scrawny to me (by feel) even though he looks huge. I've read that hatchery heritage DP breeds are rather scrawny because they focus on the egg laying genes. If one wants to raise a true dual purpose bird they should try to find a private breeder who is working with older genetics.

 

[FortCluck]

Well compared to meat birds that is small, but those are a whole different ball of wax.

The reason I grilled you is because I've got (hopefully) eggs hatching in the next few days using my Aussie Roo's input and I'll probably put the extra roos in the freezer. It's been hard to gather data on Aussies as meat birds and this is a new adventure for me so well, yes...I grilled you. Sorry.
In addition to hatching out some Aussie and Aussie mixes, I've got some pastured meat bird types and a few other breeds coming in. The grand plan is to try and experiment a little.

When I ordered the chicks in April my roo had just turned one and seemed rather scrawny to me (by feel) even though he looks huge. I've read that hatchery heritage DP breeds are rather scrawny because they focus on the egg laying genes. If one wants to raise a true dual purpose bird they should try to find a private breeder who is wolder with older genetics.

My Cornish rocks are probably 4+ lbs. they have huge breasts. This weekend will determine if I’ll ever do them again.

 

[hispoptart]

Hey guys, change of subject but was wondering when you float test eggs, can you cook up the ones that float and feed them back to your chickens?

 

[Folly's place]

People do that, I wouldn't. In fact, if it's an older egg, i don't bother float testing it, just throw it out.
Eggs are cheap, food poisoning isn't.
Mary

 

[Folly's place]

In my experience, some of the very popular breeds from hatcheries do tend to be smaller than standard. However, some others will at least have a range of sizes, including some that are as large as they are supposed to be.
For example, years ago we got some barred Plymouth Rocks, and they weren't big. Then another year, some buff Plymouth Rocks from the same hatchery, and they were nice birds!
Mary

 

[rosemarythyme]

Hey guys, change of subject but was wondering when you float test eggs, can you cook up the ones that float and feed them back to your chickens?

I have never floated an egg in my life. I've definitely eaten eggs 3 months plus. Wonder at what point age-wise they become floaters?