Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[ChicoryBlue]

Pasteurization is the process of treating foods with mild heat, usually to less than boiling, 100 °C (212 °F), to eliminate pathogens. It is usually done to milk.

So they are cracking the eggs out of the shells, mixing them, and then heating the pre-scrambled eggs to a temperature sufficient to kill the E. coli but not actually cook them. They are then packaged and refrigerated.

Many people believe that the process makes them taste odd or funny.

It can be done in the shell, they are available online. I have not tried them.

https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/Can-shell-eggs-be-pasteurized
KNOWLEDGE ARTICLE
Shell eggs can be pasteurized by a processor if the United States Food and Drug Administration accepted the process for the destruction of Salmonella. Pasteurized shell eggs are now available at some grocery stores. Like all eggs, they must be kept refrigerated to retain quality. The equipment to pasteurize shell eggs isn't available for home use, and it is very difficult to pasteurize shell eggs at home without cooking the contents of the egg.

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[BY Bob]

Mugs from yesterday. Note the backgroundView attachment 2934372
Storm shortly after sunrise

View attachment 2934373Thing shortly after the roof repair.

Just now (before dawn)
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Was it a surprise? First one this year?

 

[BY Bob]

Monday mugshot: Minnie with new feathers still breaking through on the top of her head.
I wish I hadn’t missed the tip of her comb in the shot.
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You are getting really good at this! Great photos!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Just wanted to share something with my chook friends; yesterday I passed my Jishukan brown-belt grading! It was quite a tough slog, especially during Covid, but black-belt will be much tougher!

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Tax:
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Congratulations! That is a feat.

Have to laugh at the juxtaposition of the photos though! Compliant chicken at your feet...

 

[BY Bob]

18F yesterday and windy. Here's Peanut. She's had to fend off "helpful" pecks grooming those shoulder pins coming out. "Thanks, no, please don't"
(Popcorn tries again)
"I said, no. Really, I'm fine!"
(Popcorn pecks lightly again)
"Hey! No! I mean it! Enough!" (Peanut gives Popcorn two pecks on her face, Popcorn finally stops)
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And a size comparison, everyone was fluffed out, if they had any fluff to fluff!
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A group shot on the back of the big run. The sun came out in the afternoon, and they wanted to catch it back there. Popcorn in front, Butters on the right, Peanut on the far left, and Hazel doing the Hazel stare.
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Great pictures!

 

[RoyalChick]

You are getting really good at this! Great photos!

Thank you! I am just so excited to see Minnie fully healthy again that I keep taking photos of her. I think I will send this one to the vet so she can see Minnie really is back to rights.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

18F yesterday and windy. Here's Peanut. She's had to fend off "helpful" pecks grooming those shoulder pins coming out. "Thanks, no, please don't"
(Popcorn tries again)
"I said, no. Really, I'm fine!"
(Popcorn pecks lightly again)
"Hey! No! I mean it! Enough!" (Peanut gives Popcorn two pecks on her face, Popcorn finally stops)
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And a size comparison, everyone was fluffed out, if they had any fluff to fluff!
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A group shot on the back of the big run. The sun came out in the afternoon, and they wanted to catch it back there. Popcorn in front, Butters on the right, Peanut on the far left, and Hazel doing the Hazel stare.
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11F this morning!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Monday mugshot: Minnie with new feathers still breaking through on the top of her head.
I wish I hadn’t missed the tip of her comb in the shot.
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Beautiful shot. She looks great, all alert, she looks healthy to my newbie eyes!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I forget?, tell me again what breed they are.

Buckeyes. Supposed to be, but they are hatchery stock and I don't think they are as dark as Buckeyes "should" be. My neighbor friend had some Buckeye bantams which were quite dark. Hazel is the most mahogany of this bunch. They are all personable, and fairly chatty which is very nice.

 

[RoyalChick]

Beautiful shot. She looks great, all alert, she looks healthy to my newbie eyes!

I really think she is healthy now. And she is eating a lot to make up for all that time she wasn’t eating anything much. I need to weigh her again but for now early morning is for Maggie.