Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[bgmathteach]

So this is what the girls opted to do today. All day.

Where do you get the rice hulls? I am amazed at how much your girls like them!

 

[bgmathteach]

Well, like @bgmathteach said, it releases the air and then the shell doesn't crack.

So you have to prick it carefully, you want to make a hole in the shell but not in the membrane. Then you can have the water boiling like crazy as you gently place the egg in, I like to go point first, but I've been told it doesn't matter. Set the timer to 3.5 minutes (if you're me). Watch the bubbles of air escaping from the shell. Think of Dad. Time's up! Remove the egg and serve it (Eg with Vegemite soldiers).

You'll still get one crack every now and then, but not as often.

PLUS: It is also easier to peel as water gets between the shell and the membrane. Particularly helpful when boiling fresh eggs.

 

[rural mouse]

A Killdeer? Doesn't really have yellow on it but it's that's the right size, and they do swoop around.

Killdeer don't perch on the ends of branches. They tend to run on the ground. I'm guessing it's something that doesn't typically migrate on this continent, but nest in the arctic.

 

[rural mouse]

“Killdeer”? (Bambi syndrome)

They just call for deer slaying. (But I don't think they can read any more than deer can)

 

[rural mouse]

“Killdeer”? (Bambi syndrome)

My FIL told the girls they were eating Bambi for dinner. The girls freaked out. When he tried with my boys, they said: oh good! Yum!

 

[rural mouse]

Awww, Nellie looks like a more vibrant coloring of Ms. Meatbird

Nellie is a brown leghorn like Alex's Beethov-hen and Hen-rietta. She does have vibrant colors.

 

[rural mouse]

Basil says thank you. View attachment 2884621View attachment 2884622View attachment 2884623

Handsome and looks like he's steady eyed too

 

[bgmathteach]

Mugs Monday
compliments of Little Mill & Sunshine
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They are both beautiful, but Sunshine takes the cake with her face

 

[bgmathteach]

Not Done Yet

I sleepily opened the door to go outside today and was startled by a Hawk standing on the roof of the run. It took off just as I came outside. It seems that it was likely looking down through the glass at the littles in the big run. They were totally unaware that it was there.

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The bigs knew and were hidden but the littles were chirping away like they hadn't a care in the world. Thankfully they were locked up and there was no way the hawk could reach them. It flew away as soon as I opened the door.

The littles remain locked up.

Scary! The littles need to learn to tilt their head up so they can see beyond the poof !!

 

[micstrachan]

Where do you get the rice hulls? I am amazed at how much your girls like them!

I get them at the feed store. They are hands-down the chickens’ favorite “toy”!