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[babigyrl22]

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Taprock, Since I hope to add a new hen or two to my flock, what do you mean by 'throwing in a sacrificial lamb/chicken to see if they were carrying something'? Can't you just do a fecal check on your new birds for cocci? And quarantine for respiratory infections? Have a vet examine for other external conditions like mites/lice? Thank you for informing me. Nancy

Taprock and I must have talked to the same guy. He told me the same thing in reference to the sacraficial lamb part.

 

[babigyrl22]

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Ive never had pickled eggs. Do you just eat them whole?

 

[Opa]

Bamtam eggs are perfect for pickling. They absorb the pickling solution much quicker and more evenly than large fowl eggs, plus they are bite size. My sons think I need a much larger bantam flock just to keep them supplied in pickled eggs.

 

[RaZ]

Thank you for the great feeding lesson.
Olive, you are a font of wisdom, as is Opa.
No wonder we have such a large and active forum.

Ah, pickled eggs. I think I'll make a batch.
I learned from my Mom and finally after several years of begging, she gave me her pickled egg crock. It's older than I am and only eveer been used for pickled eggs.

 

[babigyrl22]

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Agreed!

I guess i will need to try pickled eggs huh? Sounds interesting.

 

[ChicwannaB]

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Ive never had pickled eggs. Do you just eat them whole?

You boil the egg till hard boiled. Peel and put them in a jar. Meanwhile 2 cups of Apple Cider vinegar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt one sweet onion sliced and the juice from 2 caps of beets. I heated this to a boil and poured it over the hard boiled eggs. I use a 5 pound peanut butter jar or the ones you get Koegels Pickled Bologna in. Room for 16 eggs so thats what I did and all the juice fit.

Recipe came from Stacykins in Escanaba, thanks Stacy, these are gonna be great. Can anyone tell me WHY so much of my white peels off with the shell. I didn't get one smooth egg out of 16 I boiled!!

they're gonna look ugly, but taste great.

 

[dianaross77]

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Ive never had pickled eggs. Do you just eat them whole?

You boil the egg till hard boiled. Peel and put them in a jar. Meanwhile 2 cups of Apple Cider vinegar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt one sweet onion sliced and the juice from 2 caps of beets. I heated this to a boil and poured it over the hard boiled eggs. I use a 5 pound peanut butter jar or the ones you get Koegels Pickled Bologna in. Room for 16 eggs so thats what I did and all the juice fit.

Recipe came from Stacykins in Escanaba, thanks Stacy, these are gonna be great. Can anyone tell me WHY so much of my white peels off with the shell. I didn't get one smooth egg out of 16 I boiled!!

they're gonna look ugly, but taste great.

Your eggs were probably too fresh. The older the eggs, the easier they are to peel.

 

[ChicwannaB]

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You boil the egg till hard boiled. Peel and put them in a jar. Meanwhile 2 cups of Apple Cider vinegar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt one sweet onion sliced and the juice from 2 caps of beets. I heated this to a boil and poured it over the hard boiled eggs. I use a 5 pound peanut butter jar or the ones you get Koegels Pickled Bologna in. Room for 16 eggs so thats what I did and all the juice fit.

Recipe came from Stacykins in Escanaba, thanks Stacy, these are gonna be great. Can anyone tell me WHY so much of my white peels off with the shell. I didn't get one smooth egg out of 16 I boiled!!

they're gonna look ugly, but taste great.

Your eggs were probably too fresh. The older the eggs, the easier they are to peel.

OK, they were all from the last 2 weeks.
I wondered, should I put them right in cold water and bring it to a boil. Put them into boiling water?? Salt the water?? I dunno!

 

[dianaross77]

I'm sure there's a science to it but I haven't figured it out! I think the average age of store bought eggs is 2 weeks. My mom keeps them for at least another 2 weeks before she uses them for deviled eggs.

 

[Opa]

David likes for the eggs to look attractive and possess a kick. So he doesn't use beet juice of onion. He uses a wide mouth quart jar and carefully places the eggs while alternating with habenero peppers.