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[jvls1942]

no tail feathers.. hmmm, she probably was so tense the follicles couldn't open.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Lost a hen. She went lethargic a couple days ago.
Isolated and tried to give vitamins yesterday but she wouldn't eat or drink.
Found uterine infection and calcification mess.
Her shelling function was always funky, sometimes seriously so,
surprised she lasted as long as she did.
She laid a couple of these last spring/summer.
Hope it doesn't gross y'all out too much.
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The poor thing . Sorry for your loss Aart.

That is a weird looking egg thingy though. It looks like an "alien egg" that the SFX department would come up with for Dr Who

 

[jvls1942]

GS and I have finally polished off the pies.
Now I can make some cinnamon caramel pecan rolls..
Not today though, going with Annie for a post operation check up for her hip replacement.
She is still at the nursing home for rehab.
Probably for at least another week.
.......jiminwisc......

 

[jvls1942]

Annie's check up went well. she still has to stay at the rehab facility, though. they can give her better care than she would get at home.
when I got home I made a batch of sloppy joes without green peppers. It still turned out OK.
then I made a dozen ho=made hamburger buns.. they turned out good, too.
...jiminwisc...

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Annie's check up went well. she still has to stay at the rehab facility, though. they can give her better care than she would get at home.
when I got home I made a batch of sloppy joes without green peppers. It still turned out OK.
then I made a dozen ho=made hamburger buns.. they turned out good, too.
...jiminwisc...

Thanks for the updates on Annie Jim. Here's hoping for a quick and robust recovery!

 

[Molpet]

Annie's check up went well. she still has to stay at the rehab facility, though. they can give her better care than she would get at home.
when I got home I made a batch of sloppy joes without green peppers. It still turned out OK.
then I made a dozen ho=made hamburger buns.. they turned out good, too.
...jiminwisc...

Glad she is doing well and sounds like you are eating well

 

[jvls1942]

I am living on the sloppy joe's and ho-made hamburger buns. I have about 2 more meal's worth and then I will move on to something else
Probably Pork & Beans. It sure is hard to cook for just one person..
I am eating just one meal a day and a snack at night.. No soda's .
Annie has lost 10 pounds since her surgery.
Probably the lousy food at the nursing home has something to do with that ..
.......jiminwisc......

 

[Molpet]

I am living on the sloppy joe's and ho-made hamburger buns. I have about 2 more meal's worth and then I will move on to something else
Probably Pork & Beans. It sure is hard to cook for just one person..
I am eating just one meal a day and a snack at night.. No soda's .
Annie has lost 10 pounds since her surgery.
Probably the lousy food at the nursing home has something to do with that ..
.......jiminwisc......

I cook a half turkey or a chicken once a week. Make soup from the bones.. lasts most of the week.
I have been cooking for one most of my life

 

[jvls1942]

Hard to make a small kettle of soup from scratch.
What people should do is get like a half dozen people together and each take a day to cook a meal for everybody. It wouldn't have to be fancy, just enough to feed six.
I choose to cook breakfast..
......jiminwisc.......

 

[NewBoots]

Good to hear Annie is coming along. Here's hoping she can come home safely soon. Sloppy Joes without green pepper is crime against nature though.

I've been making candied pecans and walnuts for gifts. So easy and very popular. Tomorrow I'll take a meatloaf out of the freezer for dinner tomorrow night. Wish I had put some green peppers in the mix though.

Hired a guy to help pull the nails from the used wood and then build the rest of the raised beds. I have to get busy on the coop and run, Murray sent us a catalog and I'm resisting placing my order. For now...