Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

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She is SO pretty

Indeed.

 

[BY Bob]

Mine are staying in as well. It is miserable out there. Lots of flooding. Amazingly I haven’t lost power although there are a lot of trees down and roads closed all around me.
My Princesses seem unconcerned.

Stay safe there in the wilds of NJ.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

My egg drought is over as well.

I'll be using up the vastly inferior store bought eggs in baked goods.

Store bought eggs are also inferior in baked goods as well. Save up your new fresh ones for baking and feed those store ones back to the girls in a scramble.

 

[ManueB]

Remember you can catch up via the weekly synopsis.
I think @ManueB has the technology to post the links to the last few.

Here are the last synopsis links @Pastel The Rooster. I can send you more but I think you are not allowed to spend too much time on BYC unless you have excellent grades .

9 to 16 December 2023
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-27370970

2 to 9 December 2023
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-27358061

25 November to 2 December 2023
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-27344291

18 to 25 November 2023
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-27331129

11 to 18 November 2023
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...es-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/post-27318012

 

[featherhead007]

What is up with my rooster today?, he’s been a snuggle bug this morning. I picked him up from the yard, to get him out of the rain, brought him inside and he’s been sleeping on my chest snuggled close to my neck.
He really is a sweet rougarou !

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Oh gosh! No he is 100% good it looked worse than it was. If he were a black chicken I wouldn’t have even noticed it right away.

But I trimmed him really short - brush cut like!

I cannot wait for pictures. Mr. P may look funny but it is in his best interest. He needs to see really more then the rest of the flock. One of his most important jobs is to look out for predators. Big hair may be handsome but it is impractical. Shorter feathers may also deter the ladies from giving him their own haircuts and causing another blood bath. Really girls, were you trying to give your mother a heart attack.

 

[Sally PB]

Save up your new fresh ones for baking and feed those store ones back to the girls in a scramble.

They might rebel!

I'll use the store eggs for things like grownies, where the eggs are for binding and protein, and don't add to the taste.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

They might rebel!

I'll use the store eggs for things like grownies, where the eggs are for binding and protein, and don't add to the taste.

Granted thankfully I have not been without at least 1 hen in production for 2 years now. I have come to the point that even if it is for as something as simple as a egg in cornbread, fresh egg only. I have even managed to do the once thought impossible and turn my extremely picky sister into a fresh egg snob.

 

[Sally PB]

I wish I hadn't bought a dozen eggs last week. I have 16 store eggs in the fridge.

3 for hubby's Christmas lemon meringue pie
3 for my GF bread
Maybe hardboil the rest for snacks.

 

[RoyalChick]

I wish I hadn't bought a dozen eggs last week. I have 16 store eggs in the fridge.

3 for hubby's Christmas lemon meringue pie
3 for my GF bread
Maybe hardboil the rest for snacks.

A couple of years ago I froze eggs from my Princesses - they work fine in baked goods, and of course as chicken treats.
You have to beat the yolk and white together and add either a pinch of salt or a pinch of sugar. In theory you choose sugar or salt depending on planned usage - but I couldn't tell the difference in baked goods!