NY chicken lover!!!!

[Pyxis]

The 10/12 egg pound cake is really really rich and really easy. I don't even do all the fancy stuff  - just mix the butter and sugar, throw in the eggs, mix, throw in flour, bake.

I hardly even eat the stuff - my husband is kind of a prepper and he wants to buy those 1000 calorie bars for 'survival' that are essentially pressed up flour and sugar. No need for that, we have frozen pound cakes - even better!  

Anyone who needs eggs out saratoga way, let me know. I have even more than cass since I am getting over two dozen a day!! Green, blue, olive, brown, white, whatever you want. Should be hatchable in a bit, but not yet - only two roosters and 50 hens and I am guessing poor fertility right now. I'll be letting go of some hens soon too, just waiting for the stragglers to finish molting and for the snow to melt so everyone can get out and forage a bit. All of my chickens are < 2 years old. 

If you end up deciding to sell some naked necks, I wouldn't mind taking one or two off your hands. Just saying

 

[vmdanielsen]

The 10/12 egg pound cake is really really rich and really easy. I don't even do all the fancy stuff - just mix the butter and sugar, throw in the eggs, mix, throw in flour, bake.

I hardly even eat the stuff - my husband is kind of a prepper and he wants to buy those 1000 calorie bars for 'survival' that are essentially pressed up flour and sugar. No need for that, we have frozen pound cakes - even better!

Anyone who needs eggs out saratoga way, let me know. I have even more than cass since I am getting over two dozen a day!! Green, blue, olive, brown, white, whatever you want. Should be hatchable in a bit, but not yet - only two roosters and 50 hens and I am guessing poor fertility right now. I'll be letting go of some hens soon too, just waiting for the stragglers to finish molting and for the snow to melt so everyone can get out and forage a bit. All of my chickens are < 2 years old.

My husband is a letter carrier and this time of year he looses weight because the cold and snow. He loves lemon and I don't. The idea is for him to eat more and me eat less!! I gain the weight and he will walk around saying I lost 3 pound this week......well I found them and all i did is eat salad and cheated with a few avocados!! AAUUGGHH!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

 

[Adoravachick]

Someone posted this on our local FB Chicken group....disturbing.
http://worldtruth.tv/fda-finally-admits-chicken-meat-contains-cancer-causing-arsenic/

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Why is it that we women always end up finding the weight our significant others lost? I vote we stop finding things for them! I'm okay with some things being lost forever!

 

[rancher hicks]

Featherz--thanks for the recipe! I will try it out tomorrow.

I found a huge egg in the terrorist coop today. It is the biggest egg I have seen yet and it had to hurt. Didnt see anyone walking funny though. I sold my silkie boys today. A young lady saw my ad and texted me. She told me a weasel got into the coop and killed 30 birds one night. Her father fixed the entry point and and armored up the coop. She told me how upset her little brother and sister were at losing their pets. How could I resist? Anyways, her dad came by and we talked chickens for a while and he decided to take all the boys as he had 3 children and couldnt bring home just one or two. I am just glad they are going to a good home with kids who will love them. Poor Legolas was very upset at being alone all of a sudden so I moved the new girls and Arwin in with him. I sat and observed them for a while and they seemed to get along. There was very little fuss and I think Legolas will be happy to have his own women now. So now my second breeding coop is complete and I am happy. Now waiting for eggs so I can use my new bator!!!

I have been getting lots of eggs but my egg customers are buying them up like crazy. Delivering another 6 dozen at work on friday. As long as people keep buying, I will keep my numbers where they are at. We can always eat them down at a later date if sales drop off.

There is a nice Rat Trap for weasel set up on You Tube. Works for Squirrels too. I nailed on to the tree, near a coop and no problems. Baited with Peanut butter. Caught three little ones.

 

[rancher hicks]

Ok. Seriously. Pound cake. I feel the "pounds" waiting at the oven door to get me! Ack! Wish I had more eggs. Between hatching and eating it seems I never have enough. We have 40 or so hens. Problem is many are "geriatric" and the kids named them. Hard to eat Betty. If anyone is close to Voorheesville I could take some off your hands.

I have a wager going with the kids, the first one to lose 30 pounds, wins $50 from the other three. I'm losing big time.

Though I'm probably the only one who will pay up.

 

[rancher hicks]

Look Rancher, someone learned something from you.

No, no not here. Outside, around the yard. It's so cold these days though it's hard to do, not to mention trudging through the snow. Oh what I do for my chickens.

 

[rancher hicks]

I have eggs. Maaan, do I have eggs. Customers kinda dried up when I was out of town for a month every single weekend (most stopped on weekends). I gave the food pantry 10 dozen a couple weeks ago and now I have 8 dozen regular eggs and three 18 count boxes of D'uccle eggs. How many ya want? I actually started giving them MORE scratch grains to dry up the production (it's working too, down to only 10 eggs a day. LOL) I have a wedding on Sunday, but can meet you at TSC Friday evening or Saturday. (I'll need feed by then anyway....****, I think they are piggies not chickens out there. I know, I know, no forage cuz it's winter, but dayum, this feed bill is killing me)

Edited to add; I have no idea why the website added those stars, I didn't use any curse words....unless it was a typo that was taken as a curse word. I swear, I didn't swear.

Check with the grocer and see if they can't save you greens they toss. There is some grass here as the snow melts over the snow blowed pathes. Of course the sceptic tank is warm and dry so they dust if they can. I'm considering making a sand box on top.

 

[rancher hicks]

Hey, kids - if anybody is looking for a pressure canner, Amazon has a good deal on a 23-quart Presto. I'm buying one, as I've wanted one for a while.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...iveASIN=B0000BYCFU&linkCode=as2&tag=mam0cc-20

Not yet, cuz I have no money,but have to get one before harvest time.

 

[rancher hicks]

When they start & quit ...dont you help them ? I think if the shell isnt opened they must run out of air ..it seems I saw someone that did help by putting a little hole in the end ( like with a pin .
Ive never hatched so it is just a guess .

It's easier said than done. After all your hard work and time, to see a chick struggle and not make it is hard. Of course it's even harder to put one down.