Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[MaryJanet]

This is a question I've been loath to ask. I would not want to find out I've been boiling eggs all wrong all my life.

I don't think there's a wrong way to boil an egg. Just different ways depending on how people like to eat them.

Of course, I'm on the other end of the spectrum, having assumed most people who boil eggs also prick the egg shells, I'm surprised to learn it's such a marginal practise

 

[bgmathteach]

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

It looks like they love them!

Bummer, my store doesn't carry them. They looked at me like I had 3 heads when I asked.

 

[bgmathteach]

It's an idea. They were locked in for the entire weekend. With the rain I though I would just keep them dry. I thought that might change its mind. I just don't know right now. It's seems like morning is the time for this hawk. Assuming it is the same one.

Can you temporarily cover the glass 'roof' with something so it can't see them? I know it means no/low light for the girls...but if it helps deter him...it might be worth it for a week or two. Something simple like a couple of sheets of refridgerator cardboard with a few pieces from your wood pile to hold it down (so it doesn't blow off)? Hopefully he'll get the hint soon enough.

 

[bgmathteach]

Chickens can see more light frequencies. I just cant find the study atm.

That was in response to whether they 'hunt' worms by sight or sound. Seems both.

 

[bgmathteach]

I don't make a hard boiled egg unless I want to eat it then and there. I quite like it when the egg is still warm.

ChicoryBlue said:
The older the egg the easier to peel. Some say wait at least 10-14 days, but a month is better. Somehow the membrane shrinks from the shell over time (evaporation maybe?)

@MaryJanet , the 10-14 days old is how old the egg is BEFORE hardboiling. You wouldn't want to keep a cooked egg that long

 

[bgmathteach]

I saw a necropsy on an owl done at the animal rescue center in the next National Park North of where I lived in Catalonia. There were 3 rat skulls and the remains of some mice in the owl. One of the disadvantages hawks have is they are daylight hunters and many creatures stay well out of sight in daylight, including predator aware chickens.

I thought owls 'barfed up' the undigestable stuff like bones and fur? (In the States we call them 'owl pellets') I'm surprised they had that many animal remains/that many 'feedings' still in them and not regurgitated.

 

[Shadrach]

I thought owls 'barfed up' the undigestable stuff like bones and fur? (In the States we call them 'owl pellets') I'm surprised they had that many animal remains/that many 'feedings' still in them and not regurgitated.

So was I. I thought exactly the same.

 

[Shadrach]

I think you can just about make out Fret's foot feathers.

 

[Shadrach]

Volt. What mud problem.

Volt again.

 

[LozzyR]

These 2 girls right here were in rare form this morning. They both decided they needed to lay their eggs about 5 minutes apart. Bunny was first to the porch and got in her box. Creamy shows up a few minutes later and has a squawking fit, she needs privacy and no neighbors to lay her egg. After going on for 10 minutes nonstop I went out and put her in her side, the side she always uses. That set bunny off, she went to squawking and stretching her neck over to bawk in Creamy's face. When Bunny finally shut up, creamy got back started and pulled the same stunt. Finally after a hour both girls laid their eggs, and they proceeded to sit and glare at each other as if seeing who was going to get up first. 2 hours later creamy finally has enough and leaves, she has enough time to reach the top step when satisfied she'd won that battle Bunny was able to leave.
Here they are about halfway into their game of "you move first"
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It can be funny (if not a little annoying) when they want to lay at the same time in the same space. During lockdown when DH was working from home, I’d be at work and occasionally get a text like “OMG Nyssa shut up”!