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

[Amykins]

Lol, @tomtommom, I'm second gen Dutch and while I don't order from Holland, I do tell anyone I know going through to bring me back Gouda and Edam!

Wait, Holland? I must've missed something important. XD Ordering food from Holland? Who DOES that? I miss my grandma's Slovak cooking but I'm not gonna order my kolaches from a bakery in Prague, you know?

 

[ozexpat]

Is this the same Tom that you posted about when you started this thread? I have been wondering how long you would put up with him?    

Scott ( I would have smoked him 2 years ago)

Yes it's the same Turkey. I kept putting it off because I wanted turkeys and did not want to kill him till I had replacements.

I have a third world size refrigerator and freezer so it takes planning to make space. We have been working on emptying he freezer all trip. Its now ready for the turkey and 30 male quails

 

[ozexpat]

I had a nice single father Sunday. I cut plywood for the new incubator in the morning. I wanted to make sure Dominic and Ging had the day off so I took the kids to Kabankalan jollibee for lunch and then caught up with a friend.

Tomorrow the kids head off to school with the Nannies and will be in Bacolod for the week.

I have a lot to do and time is running out. Just a week left.

Tomorrow will be a final bit of plumbing then chicken sorting and banding before lunch. The afternoon will be cabinetry

 

[piglett]

lost a duckling

i went into the english orpington coop last night with a small flashlight

one of my black hens was brooding muscovy eggs

i find 2 black hens in the 14x14 nest box

i remove both

the 1st hen to return to the box must be the true broody .......rite?

i fund 1 chick & 2 pipped eggs ........ 1 egg is missing ???

so i put what i found in a plastic dog carrier inside the coop

i get up today to find a dead duckling under the roost

i'm guessing the duckling was clinging to the other hens leg or wing

fell to the floor & died during the cool night

i guess we could start a thread "as the world flock turns"


well i better get making my tomato "cages"

our plants which we started in the house are getting tall

i figured some 4' tall wooden cages would help keep the plants from falling over once the vegetables arrive

we ended up with about 50 plants & that is after we gave some away to 2 different people

turns out the old tomato seeds were better than we thought

off i go

take care all

 

[scottcaddy]

lost a duckling

i went into the english orpington coop last night with a small flashlight

one of my black hens was brooding muscovy eggs

i find 2 black hens in the 14x14 nest box

i remove both

the 1st hen to return to the box must be the true broody .......rite?

i fund 1 chick & 2 pipped eggs ........ 1 egg is missing ???

so i put what i found in a plastic dog carrier inside the coop

i get up today to find a dead duckling under the roost

i'm guessing the duckling was clinging to the other hens leg or wing

fell to the floor & died during the cool night

i guess we could start a thread "as the world flock turns"


well i better get making my tomato "cages"

our plants which we started in the house are getting tall

i figured some 4' tall wooden cages would help keep the plants from falling over once the vegetables arrive

we ended up with about 50 plants & that is after we gave some away to 2 different people

turns out the old tomato seeds were better than we thought

off i go

take care all

Sorry about the duckling, and I have tried the 4 Ft, but find that 6 Ft works better for me.

Scott

 

[Penny Hen]

Wait, Holland? I must've missed something important. XD Ordering food from Holland? Who DOES that? I miss my grandma's Slovak cooking but I'm not gonna order my kolaches from a bakery in Prague, you know?

In Virginia Beach, VA there is a store that has food and candy from England and Scotland and Ireland for expats. They even had Mushies in a can (mashed peas)

. I am not an expat but I loved getting the Smarties, the British version of SweetTart candy. The Scottish shortbread was to die for

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[vehve]

In Virginia Beach, VA there is a store that has food and candy from England and Scotland and Ireland for expats. They even had Mushies in a can (mashed peas)

. I am not an expat but I loved getting the Smarties, the British version of SweetTart candy. The Scottish shortbread was to die for

.

Aren't Smarties more like m&m's? I can't remember, don't buy much candy anymore.

I think US expats have it easier to find treats from home. Here many grocery stores have a shelf of Murican products, so you can get your Reese's peanutbutter cups and whatnots. Scandinavians have it quite easy as well, you can just go to any Ikea in the world and find some of the things you miss from home like lingonberry jam or glögg. One thing you can also probably find anywhere in the world is a Middle Eastern or Asian store that imports directly.

This is going even further off topic, but I heard a funny story about a woman who was furious in the produce isle, screaming at the staff because they didn't have domestically grown bananas. I'd like to see a banana tree that can manage in a Finnish climate.

 

[Amykins]

In Virginia Beach, VA there is a store that has food and candy from England and Scotland and Ireland for expats. They even had Mushies in a can (mashed peas)

. I am not an expat but I loved getting the Smarties, the British version of SweetTart candy. The Scottish shortbread was to die for

.

We have one of those here too, it's call the British Pantry (real imaginative, I know). They have excellent tea services and it's the only place I can buy pasties and clotted cream! Although pasties are still rather fun to make myself...

Also, you people LIKE smarties? I think they taste like sour chalk. Oh, I also didn't know that most Brits have never had a s'more! Pardon my ignorance, they're just so magically tasty that I thought the concept would transcend all cultures and oceans of the world. <3

 

[vehve]

We have one of those here too, it's call the British Pantry (real imaginative, I know). They have excellent tea services and it's the only place I can buy pasties and clotted cream! Although pasties are still rather fun to make myself...

Also, you people LIKE smarties? I think they taste like sour chalk. Oh, I also didn't know that most Brits have never had a s'more! Pardon my ignorance, they're just so magically tasty that I thought the concept would transcend all cultures and oceans of the world. <3

I know some people who've moved to the States from here, and the main thing they miss from home is candy. Everyone complains you can't get decent candy in the states, so they always take some with them, or ask people to bring some if someone's visiting.

My personal experiences with US candy are limited to when someone has brought some with them from trips, but to me it tastes like you would take normal candy made with sugar, then add a ton of aspartame, then coat everything in stevia, and then shoot it up with corn syrup. Horribly over the top sweet taste. Then again, give a foreigner some Finnish salmiakki, and they'll be gagging. Regional tastes differ pretty much. US chocolates are about the only sort of sweets that don't taste that sweet to me when compared to other US candy (although they are still pretty sweet).

I've never tried s'mores, but I can't stand marshmallows, so I don't think I'd be a fan. Why you would eat sugar based packing peanuts is beyond me

 

[Tomtommom]

Lol, @tomtommom, I'm second gen Dutch and while I don't order from Holland, I do tell anyone I know going through to bring me back Gouda and Edam!

You can get Gouda at pretty much any grocery store. Aldi's carries it too. Borden makes a decent US made Gouda.. not sure why it's still Gouda at that point.. but hey. *laugh* (Dutch cheese is named after the city it's made in)

Wait, Holland? I must've missed something important. XD Ordering food from Holland? Who DOES that? I miss my grandma's Slovak cooking but I'm not gonna order my kolaches from a bakery in Prague, you know?

A lot of the Dutch folks in the US that I know get care packages or order Dutch specialties. It's nuts. There's nothing I miss THAT bad. And a lot of stuff you can get at grocery stores in the US if you look closely. Or world stores, they have those all over the US too *shrug*

Aren't Smarties more like m&m's? I can't remember, don't buy much candy anymore.

I think US expats have it easier to find treats from home. Here many grocery stores have a shelf of Murican products, so you can get your Reese's peanutbutter cups and whatnots. Scandinavians have it quite easy as well, you can just go to any Ikea in the world and find some of the things you miss from home like lingonberry jam or glögg. One thing you can also probably find anywhere in the world is a Middle Eastern or Asian store that imports directly.

This is going even further off topic, but I heard a funny story about a woman who was furious in the produce isle, screaming at the staff because they didn't have domestically grown bananas. I'd like to see a banana tree that can manage in a Finnish climate.

Smarties in the US are little sugar tablets. Smarties in Europe are little chocolate candies like m&ms only slightly sweeter with a thinner sugar shell in pastel colors.

The more you know!

I know some people who've moved to the States from here, and the main thing they miss from home is candy. Everyone complains you can't get decent candy in the states, so they always take some with them, or ask people to bring some if someone's visiting.

My personal experiences with US candy are limited to when someone has brought some with them from trips, but to me it tastes like you would take normal candy made with sugar, then add a ton of aspartame, then coat everything in stevia, and then shoot it up with corn syrup. Horribly over the top sweet taste. Then again, give a foreigner some Finnish salmiakki, and they'll be gagging. Regional tastes differ pretty much. US chocolates are about the only sort of sweets that don't taste that sweet to me when compared to other US candy (although they are still pretty sweet).

I've never tried s'mores, but I can't stand marshmallows, so I don't think I'd be a fan. Why you would eat sugar based packing peanuts is beyond me

Dutch love salty licorice, salmiak etc. I don't care either way. It's all candy. US chocolate can be a bit rough, tastes like parafin wax to me. Hooray for Aldi... lots of good imported chocolate.



What about you OZ? Do you find you miss foods from Australia? Or is there things you just HAVE to have and bring to the phils? Marmite/Veggiemite?