Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[scottcaddy]

Yup am three
Mrs oz and I had Lorenzo come in at about 4am and quickly feel sleep.
Toni is still unconscious.

I am showing great restraint not to wake them to tickle them

Here's to hoping you are having a very good day with them now!!
Scott

 

[Phage]

Happy Easter everyone!!
(And happy Sunday for those who don't do Easter).

Hug your loved ones. They are they most precious 'things' we have!!

 

[perchie.girl]

Happy Easter...

We did Easter dinner yesterday. Just: a small standing rib roast, Rosemary infused roasted potatoes, Deviled eggs, and ambrosia. Mom raved about the potatoes and had seconds... This woman will turn her nose up at the drop of a hat....

Last time I did rosemary in a dish I chopped it as fine as I could. She picked every bit out.


Just took new potatoes the smallest I could find in the bin.... Quartered them then salt and pepper and garlic tossed along with some very good fragrant olive oil.... I then took three sprigs of Rosemary and laid them on top of the potatoes. All in a plastic container, no water, and NUKED them for about ten minutes... LOL. By not chopping the rosemary I could just remove them after the steaming process.

Then I tossed them in a skillet to make one layer and had my son drizzle the beef fat from the rib roast over the top....

deviled eggs were awesome. I learned if you put a bit of baking soda in the water when you boil them the shells just slide off like jackets.
Dont know if it will work on fresh eggs but I want to try it. I do the "bring it to a boil and shut off the gas and pop a lid on it" method. Not a green tint on any of them and perfectly done..... no wet parts.

deb

 

[Phage]

After much drama I in Bacolod. Its so great to hug my family

Great to hear you are safe!

Drama???? We NEED details!

 

[ozexpat]

howdy.

so here are the blow by blow details for Phage.

At just after 2 pm I was leaving the rendezvous location I had set up with @phage to collect the elusive Legbar eggs. My mind was running because she also have me eggs from a gentleman named Kevin. Kevin gave me some eggs previously that ended up being naked neck ayam cemani derivatives. he won't tell me what the eggs are. I have to weight and hatch.

The 5 freeway was a parking lot with six hours to go until check in closed. I decided to take the old coastal highway 101 route. it was a beautiful day and a great decision

Ten minutes down the road my gas light comes on. I then realize I left my wallet at home. I did some quick calculations. I needed 4 gallons to get home. there was a gallon in the tank, so three more.... I was picturing myself as "that guy" at the has station begging for a couple of gallons of fuel.

As I pulled up in the has station I found $10 in my ashtray. I added some coins and managed enough for 3.5 gallons. I made it to Anaheim as the gas light came back on.

it was now 530pm. 3 hours till check in. on my list of things to take to the Philippines was Nido powdered milk for the kids. it's more than double the price there. I had 10 cans coming from Walmart but it had not arrived. a quick shower, a repack of he eggs and onto Walmart for whatever stock they had in milk.

I scored 4 cans and made it to the airport 10 minute before my goal. it was a long time since I was early.

my wife's aunt was at the airport a few minutes after me. I had agreed to take her to the Philippines. she is 82 with mild dementia. her husband endorsed her to me and we were of to the lounge. "The Nenz" as I call her was in her element in the lounge. she filled he bags with all the snacks we could carry.

the plane pushed back right on time. things were looking good.

then the plane stopped. an announcement came over the PA. they had to reboot the plane. this did not sound good. we sat in complete darkness for 5 minutes until all the systems came on line. we were then towed back to the gate.

all I could think about was the delay. if we left too late we would miss out connection and be stuck in manila for the typhoon.

two hours later the nenz asked me if we had taken off....

we left LA 3.5 hours late. we arrived in manila 40 minutes before our connecting flight was due to leave.

we were last to board but made it. 55 minutes later the kids met me at Bacolod airport and life was good.

 

[FridayYet]

Serious drama for sure! Snuggling with the family sounds like just the thing to unwind from that.

(I have to admit I was curious, too.)

 

[Tomtommom]

My nerves would be shot! So glad it all worked out in the end.

Always keep some money stashed in your car

 

[ozexpat]

I am back to using opera mini browser on my phone. its severely limited. that includes the edit feature.

the animals look good. we have chicks galore with all brooders full. I had forgotten how small baby quail are. we have to perform musical coops to find space. I have about half of the brooder birds sold so we should be clearing them soon.

we also sold several roosters so camp adobo will thin out.

there are more than 100 Muscovy duck eggs under broody ducks so the workers have a good supply of protein for the year.

 

[scottcaddy]

It's a good thing Duck tastes good even when it's cooked in different ways eh?
Good to see you made it safe and The Nenz had a good trip also.
Scott

 

[XxMingirlxX]

So how many and what kind of eggs eggs were brought over and did any not survive transit?