Minnesota!

[KlopKlop]

Good morning and Happy Easter! We had a soft rain all night and the chickens are on the prowl for worms today! Once the first hen found one, it has been funny to see them racing around trying to find more.

I am in progress making deviled eggs and butternut squash rolls (the last of my squash, good thing it is time to plant again soon!) for Easter lunch. Just had to sit down for a moment and check in. Have a great day all!

 

[NathanZee]

Happy Easter everyone!

 

[scandiafowl]

Happy Easter, everyone!
Ham, scalloped potatoes, asparagus, broccoli...

 

[Cebarmlds]

Happy Easter everyone

Almost the same meal here, ham, au gratins and asparagus.

 

[cottonlouie]

Ham, fried potatoes, spinach...weird Easter dinner but we're all tired over here. Hubby tore down the goat stall wall and made more roost space in the coop today. I do suppose there will be all sorts of upset at night time as the hens try to figure out who roosts where....

 

[lalaland]

hma, asparagus with homemade hollandaise sauce, wheatberry & kale salad, garlic cheese grits, hawaiian rolls , dessert was angel food cake and strawberries. yum! Sent everyone home with eggs. Flock were happy to get the strawberry trimmings and asparagus ends.

Everyone has gone home, including that grandbaby looking so sweet in an easter dress. At 6 months old, she is sweeter than anything.

 

[lalaland]

Additional coops: for me it is for the red rangers I'm trying out for meat (all pullets so odds are I might keep a layer or two and trade off roosters that will hatch with broodies this spring). And I wouldn't mind having an alternate coop to give the ground a chance to recover around the current coop.

Something tried hard to get into the quail run/coop last night! I thought I heard a noise, but it was all quiet for a while until I fell asleep. THis morning found the corrugated tin roof panels on the run torn off and on the ground. I laid them on top of the hardware cloth roof to provide snow protection for the quail. They were staggered and weighed down with cement blocks, so whatever tore them off had some strenght to it. Its all grass around that run, so no tracks to be seen.

Think a coon could pull the panels out from under the cement blocks? The wind sure can't.

 

[KlopKlop]

Additional coops: for me it is for the red rangers I'm trying out for meat (all pullets so odds are I might keep a layer or two and trade off roosters that will hatch with broodies this spring). And I wouldn't mind having an alternate coop to give the ground a chance to recover around the current coop.

Something tried hard to get into the quail run/coop last night! I thought I heard a noise, but it was all quiet for a while until I fell asleep. THis morning found the corrugated tin roof panels on the run torn off and on the ground. I laid them on top of the hardware cloth roof to provide snow protection for the quail. They were staggered and weighed down with cement blocks, so whatever tore them off had some strenght to it. Its all grass around that run, so no tracks to be seen.

Think a coon could pull the panels out from under the cement blocks? The wind sure can't.

Hopefully you have good luck with the rangers. Our Rainbows were straight run and the females were pretty small (~4.5 lbs) when dressed.

 

[KlopKlop]

DW and I have been spending lots of time sitting in the basement watching Chick TV. THey are so fun to watch! I swear you can see them growing if you watch close enough!

We had a discussion tonight about what would happen if we had put one of our BA hens in with them when they were day old. She is right on the cusp of wanting to be broody (sits on the nest all day but still goes to roost at night). we were thinking it would be fun to watch her be a mama but had concerns about her being a disease vector for the fragile chicks as well as what if she didnt like them and injured them on accident. Plus the brooder isnt quite set up to house a hen with them. it is a cardboard box with the top cut off she would have no issues hopping out and roaming the basement

 

[Minniechickmama]

I made a roasted chicken, mashed potatoes (that are still doing great that we grew last year!), and Peas with bacon and creme fraiche (which neither of our kids would eat), and brownies for dessert. Oh, and deviled eggs. I have the carcass on the stove to make some stock right now.