Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

I have served my master well today. Half of my salt free hamburger patty and some cheese.
As you all know, he’s blind in one eye and his 3 dimensional brain doesn’t work well anymore. He hates being hand fed (a manly pride thing I guess ) but he has his little belly full of food. Im just glad he didn’t order steak and lobster !

 

[rural mouse]

Took Sherlock out for a walk/run this morning. Had something odd looking moving up the driveway. Didn't recognize until it turned to run. Lightish toned fox. We walked down the drive to make sure it got a GREAT whiff of Sherlock. As I turned to head back toward the house, I realize I'm being watched....from the edge of the draw in the pasture. The fox, again. We went out into the pasture and it vanished again. Needless to say, I'm keeping an eye on the tribe and let the neighbor know too.

 

[Ponypoor]

Question
So a person who buys eggs from me asked about the colour of the egg white in a couple eggs she used, she said they where ‘creamy’ I think she meant cloudy.

From what I read this is from eggs being very fresh.

Has anyone ever noticed this before?

And should she and I worry?

What I found:

https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/Is-t...gg white (albumen,indication the egg is aging.

 

[Ponypoor]

Took Sherlock out for a walk/run this morning. Had something odd looking moving up the driveway. Didn't recognize until it turned to run. Lightish toned fox. We walked down the drive to make sure it got a GREAT whiff of Sherlock. As I turned to head back toward the house, I realize I'm being watched....from the edge of the draw in the pasture. The fox, again. We went out into the pasture and it vanished again. Needless to say, I'm keeping an eye on the tribe and let the neighbor know too.

Tis the season babies are having to be fed and a plump chook would be an easy find.

 

[SimpleJenn]

Welp, kiddo is sick. Temp of 102 and complaining she doesn't feel well. She's trying to nap in her tiny recliner right now so hopefully she perks up after that.
Guess I'll bring my crochet out to the living room so I can keep an eye on her.

 

[SimpleJenn]

Question
So a person who buys eggs from me asked about the colour of the egg white in a couple eggs she used, she said they where ‘creamy’ I think she meant cloudy.

From what I read this is from eggs being very fresh.

Has anyone ever noticed this before?

And should she and I worry?

What I found:

https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/Is-the-appearance-of-eggs-related-to-food-safety#:~:text=A cloudy egg white (albumen,indication the egg is aging.

I've seen it in eggs that I've cooked the same day they were laid. And yellowish tinted whites too.

 

[rural mouse]

Tis the season babies are having to be fed and a plump chook would be an easy find.

That's why I'm keeping an eye out today...and going back out with Sherlock after my son leaves for classes so if it's watching, it knows people are still about.

 

[Ponypoor]

That's why I'm keeping an eye out today...and going back out with Sherlock after my son leaves for classes so if it's watching, it knows people are still about.

Scary isn’t it I have had a sharp shinned hawk flying over past couple days, I am sure it can take the silkies easy, the bigger hens might be a problem.

And last night they were all in full on growling mode for about 5 min at one point - I couldn’t see what they were freaked out about but they sure were looking in that brush on my fence line with my neighbour!

Time to get my run fully fixed I guess.

 

[featherhead007]

Took Sherlock out for a walk/run this morning. Had something odd looking moving up the driveway. Didn't recognize until it turned to run. Lightish toned fox. We walked down the drive to make sure it got a GREAT whiff of Sherlock. As I turned to head back toward the house, I realize I'm being watched....from the edge of the draw in the pasture. The fox, again. We went out into the pasture and it vanished again. Needless to say, I'm keeping an eye on the tribe and let the neighbor know too.

Go ge’m Sherlock! Foxes must be eliminated!

 

[RoyalChick]

Question
So a person who buys eggs from me asked about the colour of the egg white in a couple eggs she used, she said they where ‘creamy’ I think she meant cloudy.

From what I read this is from eggs being very fresh.

Has anyone ever noticed this before?

And should she and I worry?

What I found:

https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/Is-the-appearance-of-eggs-related-to-food-safety#:~:text=A cloudy egg white (albumen,indication the egg is aging.

I did not know that. Nor have I noticed anything about egg white cloudiness in my fresh eggs.