Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[crazypetlady]

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[karimw]

We are down to

days until hatch day! Lockdown will be Wednesday at noon, if you set on St Pat's Day at noon. Otherwise, adjust according to your set date and time. Things have been know to happen here on BYC on April 1st, so you have been warned!!!

WHAT? I'M NOT READY!

 

[Cynthia12]

Happy Fools Day Everyone

Beware the pranks

I tried to get my Sweety this morning but he was on the watch for it

I called him when he left for work about 10 minutes ago and told him he needed to come home because a deer got into our compound around our house and the dog was chasing it around

. He alllll most turned around but then realized it was Fools Day

Oh yeah, I forgot..so glad you reminded us! Thinking hard....starting now!

 

[Cynthia12]

Just had my five duck eggs HATCH! First time incubating ducks and they ALL hatched! Yay! Chocolate Indian Runner ducklings and all five are doing good.

Congrats! Ducks are hard to hatch..aren't they? But, not for you! They are so darling..I love their little beaks and feet. Pictures??

 

[Cynthia12]

Mahonri...I hope you have a great Sunday. Still praying for you and yours. Hope you get a chance to watch GC. Or at lest listen to it. Count those blessings, regardless of what's up. They are right there!! I know you know that.

Take care..waiting to hear from you.

 

[Arielle]

For those that like to bake bread, here is another yummy recipe my mother started making 30 years ago.

CHeese Bread

1 cup whole milk
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup warm water
1 pkg dry yeast
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon grated onion
1 teaspoon dill weed
1 cup (1/4 pound) grated cheddar cheese
4 cups all purpose white flour

Heat milk to scald. Add sugar and salt to dissolve. Let cool to lukewarm. Sprinkle yeast over 105-115 degree water to dissolve. Stir together milk mixture, oinion, dill weed, 2 cups flour and cheese in a mixer bowl. Beat on low for about 2 minutes until smooth. Gradually add remaining flour and mixing the last by hand until dough leaves the sides of the bowl. TUrn out and knead until smooth, about 5 minutes. Grease a bowl, place dough in and turn to grease all sides.Cover. let rise until double about 1 hour.

Grease 9x5x3 loaf pan. Turn dough out and shape into smooth ball.. Roll into 14 x 8 rectangle and roll up. Seal edges by pinching. Place in loaf pan. Cover and let rise 1 1/2 hours until doubled.

Bake 375 degrees for 25 minutes, then cover with foild and bake another 15-20 minutes longer. Remove from oven and brush top with butter. Remove from loaf pan to cool completely before cutting.

 

[Spangled]

Okay. I candled before I got up. No. Scratch that. I candled before sunrise. Obviously I got up too early.

36 eggs set.
1 quit since last candling around day 9
1 definitely looks like mush, but still has some veins

Some of the others look good, but after I saw the egg that looked like mush inside, I started imagining others looked like mush, too. So who really knows what's going on in there. I started feeling like Dr. Frankenstein. Candling sort of put a damper on the day and I've certainly lost my appetite. I never had this problem with my old candling flashlights because I couldn't see so well into the eggs. I'm wondering if some things should just remain a mystery until they hatch and at that point I can call them miracles.

On a happier note ... wait for it ... I'm trying to end on a happy note but I can't think of one... oh, here ... I went to the feed store and managed to not buy any little chickies. That surprised me and I'm hoping that I may be finally graduating from chicken math to chicken calculus, skipping chicken algebra altogether. Definition of chicken calculus: a branch of chicken mathematics focused on limits, etc.

 

[rarely bored]

For those that like to bake bread, here is another yummy recipe my mother started making 30 years ago.

CHeese Bread

1 cup whole milk
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup warm water
1 pkg dry yeast
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon grated onion
1 teaspoon dill weed
1 cup (1/4 pound) grated cheddar cheese
4 cups all purpose white flour

Heat milk to scald. Add sugar and salt to dissolve. Let cool to lukewarm. Sprinkle yeast over 105-115 degree water to dissolve. Stir together milk mixture, oinion, dill weed, 2 cups flour and cheese in a mixer bowl. Beat on low for about 2 minutes until smooth. Gradually add remaining flour and mixing the last by hand until dough leaves the sides of the bowl. TUrn out and knead until smooth, about 5 minutes. Grease a bowl, place dough in and turn to grease all sides.Cover. let rise until double about 1 hour.

Grease 9x5x3 loaf pan. Turn dough out and shape into smooth ball.. Roll into 14 x 8 rectangle and roll up. Seal edges by pinching. Place in loaf pan. Cover and let rise 1 1/2 hours until doubled.

Bake 375 degrees for 25 minutes, then cover with foild and bake another 15-20 minutes longer. Remove from oven and brush top with butter. Remove from loaf pan to cool completely before cutting.

yummm! looks delish!


AK Michelle,

the rock stars!

other posters:

and

but NO

but I failed the test on who said what.

Happy All Fool's Day!!!

 

[Melissa Rose]

Quote:

My second prank was to call my sweet hubby's boss and tell her that my hubby is allergic to my chickens so I was gong to bring them ALL over to her house this afternoon

 

[Cynthia12]

My second prank was to call my sweet hubby's boss and tell her that my hubby is allergic to my chickens so I was gong to bring them ALL over to her house this afternoon

Did she say...ok? How many chickens would that be Melissa?