NY chicken lover!!!!

[horsekeeper]

Sounds yummy (and fattening), thanks.

 

[rancher hicks]

Yah, since I switched jobs and don't have as many people to sell to (nor the time to put up an egg stand), I definitely do NOT need this many eggs.

I'm hatching the marans because I'd like more dark eggs and I'm working toward getting more colored egg layers too. I've got one blue EE hen that lays a nice blue egg but not as big as her mother.

A good 2.0 + size is what I'm going for. I have a scale and am weighing them.

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

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.

 

[Tough Old Bird]

I got it wrong it's 10 eggs - but I usually end up using 12 or so since I use up all the itty bitty eggs. One egg should be about 1/4 cup, so I just go by cups instead of actual eggs.. Found here on the forum, not my recipe..

OLD FASHION POUND CAKE

3 c. sugar
1 lb. butter, softened
10 eggs
4 c. plain flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Measure and sift flour, baking powder and dash of salt. Add flour to mixture in several parts. Stop mixer, add about 1/3 of the flour, start mixer back slowly, then mix fast JUST UNTIL MIXED. Repeat until dry ingredients are all incorporated. Scrape down sides after each mixing. Put in 10 inch tube pan that has been greased and floured. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Cool in pan for a few minutes before removing.

I just copied that recipe, too. Sounds so delicious! I'm sure there's not a lick of fat or cholesterol, right?

Thanks for sharing it.

TOB

 

[Tough Old Bird]

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.

So now my second breeding coop is complete and I am happy. Now waiting for eggs so I can use my new bator!!!

That's so sad about the weasel; I've heard how they will kill just for the excitement of it and go thru a whole coop.

On a brighter note, I'm glad you got things arranged the way you wanted them at your own coop!

TOB

 

[featherz]

Just found a 12 egg version on the net.. never tried this one:

http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/cake/12-egg-pound-cake.html

I bake the pound cakes in small loaf tins and just freeze them. Good 'survival food' .

and a few more..


12 Egg Pound Cake


12 EGG POUND CAKE

1 lb. butter (not margarine)
3 1/2 c.sugar
Pinch salt
4 c. sifted flour
1 tsp. baking powder
12 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. almond extract

Cream butter thoroughly, gradually add sugar, beat until light and fluffy. Mix baking
powder with flour. Add 3 tablespoons flour mixture to butter and egg mixture; beat well.
Add remaining flour and eggs alternately until all have been added. Add flavorings.
Bake in two 10 inch tube pans for 1 hour at 325 degrees. This recipe is over 150 years old.
--------------------------
OLD FASHION POUND CAKE

1 lb. butter
1 lb. flour
1 tsp. lemon flavor
1 lb. sugar
12 eggs

The cake has only these 5 ingredients. All ingredients should be room temperature.
Cream butter and sugar together. Separate eggs; beat yolks together and the whites
together separately. Add egg yolks and lemon flavoring all at once to creamed butter
and sugar, mixing all together with the hands. Add the egg whites alternately with
flour, mixing with hands. Finally, beat about 3 minutes with electric mixer. Pour
batter into tube pound cake pan and bake at 325 degree about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Source(s):

http://www.ochef.com/r272.htm

 

[happyhensny]

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.

 

[Cass]

Just marking my spot...

Look Rancher, someone learned something from you.

 

[Cass]

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 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.

 

[Cass]

Just found a 12 egg version on the net.. never tried this one:

http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/cake/12-egg-pound-cake.html

I bake the pound cakes in small loaf tins and just freeze them. Good 'survival food' .

and a few more..


12 Egg Pound Cake


12 EGG POUND CAKE

1 lb. butter (not margarine)
3 1/2 c.sugar
Pinch salt
4 c. sifted flour
1 tsp. baking powder
12 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. almond extract

Cream butter thoroughly, gradually add sugar, beat until light and fluffy. Mix baking
powder with flour. Add 3 tablespoons flour mixture to butter and egg mixture; beat well.
Add remaining flour and eggs alternately until all have been added. Add flavorings.
Bake in two 10 inch tube pans for 1 hour at 325 degrees. This recipe is over 150 years old.
--------------------------
OLD FASHION POUND CAKE

1 lb. butter
1 lb. flour
1 tsp. lemon flavor
1 lb. sugar
12 eggs

The cake has only these 5 ingredients. All ingredients should be room temperature.
Cream butter and sugar together. Separate eggs; beat yolks together and the whites
together separately. Add egg yolks and lemon flavoring all at once to creamed butter
and sugar, mixing all together with the hands. Add the egg whites alternately with
flour, mixing with hands. Finally, beat about 3 minutes with electric mixer. Pour
batter into tube pound cake pan and bake at 325 degree about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Source(s):

http://www.ochef.com/r272.htm

That looks like a LOT of work. For all the lazy people, like me, out there, here is my pound cake recipe.

1 box vanilla cake mix
1 box vanilla (or french vanilla) instant pudding
4 eggs
1 cup water
1/3 cup cooking oil (any kind except olive)


Open the boxes, throw the contents into a stand mixer bowl. Add the wet ingredients, minus the egg shell pieces. Turn on mixer and mix for about 2 minutes, scraping the sides to make sure all the dry ingredients get throughly mixed in.

Put in 2 well lubed loaf pans.

Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes (or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. I use a turkey skewer, cuz I can't reach the toothpicks in my house. It works just as well and is reuseable if you rinse it off and dry it)

I bet this would work with Chocolate mixes too. Or how about Chocolate cake mix and Raspberry pudding? YUM.