MJ's little flock

[Grammy60]

Good evening everyone

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

One of the benefits of baking them is they crumble much more easily. I think it is because the membranes are all baked away.
I squeeze them with my hand as I transfer them from the enamel bucket (where I collected them and baked them) and that does most of the crumbling, and then a good shake in the plastic container does the rest. Easy. Mind you, I don't aim for powder, it is still little pieces. But nothing bigger than say a cornflake and mostly smaller.

Thanks for the description RC. How long do you bake them for? I bake mine for about five minutes at 180C.

I like to crush them down to about 1/4 of a cornflake size.

 

[Scrambles83]

Hello @Scrambles83 thank you for showing us your flock. Do they have names?

The light is Snow White, the speckled is Belle. The older ISA is Bok Bok (all named by daughter, 5 years now, was 3 when she named Bokky)

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Whoops!!!

Miscount!

518. Still a very good tally.

Brilliant MJ! I hope the girls take turns for a little break. Phew!

 

[LozzyR]

A parcel arrived for Hubby today and it was my belated Xmas present.

He got me the hardcover with the leghorn! Thank you Hubby!

Chicken for scale and comparison.
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Tsuki pondering "Is that a mirror?"

 

[RoyalChick]

Thanks for the description RC. How long do you bake them for? I bake mine for about five minutes at 180C.

I like to crush them down to about 1/4 of a cornflake size.

I am not very scientific about it. I just pop them in when I switch off the oven after baking or making dinner or whatever and leave them there until I remember (which is usually the next day). So they probably start at 350 F (which is about 180 C) and cool as the oven cools. My guess is they are 'hot' for a lot longer than 5 mins - I have never really looked at how long it takes for the oven to cool down.
It is sort of the 'least effort' approach!
I would say most pieces are 1/4 of a cornflake or smaller, but some are bigger. The chickens bash up the bigger pieces pretty fast, and they scatter them around and stand on them so bigger pieces are definitely broken up before they eat them.

 

[RoyalChick]

Tsuki pondering "Is that a mirror?"

More like "Why is that chicken so skinny?!"

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks Happy New Year to all our friends down under

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

@micstrachan here you go!!!

 

[LozzyR]

Good evening folks Happy New Year to all our friends down under

Happy New Year! It's 15 minutes until midnight, I guess I should really go to bed.