Our introduction to keeping chickens, the high's, the lows and pics of our journey.

[vehve]

Ben, that video is hilarious. American's are always so descriptive about their feelings about different things, it's fun to watch. We had a American here over the midsummer once, and he got to live through a genuine sauna experience. He was a bit worried about how he was going to tell his friends back home that he spent hours in a hot, smoky and moist room with several naked men who were slapping him with birch branches, and that he genuinely enjoyed it.

The imperial units must be a pain when learning natural sciences. When addressing a international public I've learned to give measurements in both units usually, so I'm pretty quick with rough conversions, but I'd hate to have to do actual math with them. You need so many conversions. The weirdest thing for me are the gauge measurements. Those I have no idea how they work, except for shotguns. And mixing imperial and metric tools can be a pain.

 

[Bens-Hens]

A pain indeed. As a mechanic I would work on both metric and imperial equipment. Two lots of slightly different tools for just about everything.

BUT

I returned to talk about our candle. Sal was most generous, only lightly scraping her beak on the back of my hand, not even a peck.

Of the 9, we were confident a few were growing, but not so confident with the rest. We put them all back in and will have another peek in a week when we won't have any issue seeing the chicks forming or not. At 6 days it was hard to be 100% certain.

 

[vehve]

How's the webcam installation coming along?

 

[Wrightsx4]

Ha! That video was hilarious! Vehve, you're right, Americans are not refined with description. They must've been all northerners (like me) because I didn't notice any dialect difference.
I candled Fancy's two eggs as well. Day 5 ends this afternoon for hers and I could see veins in both. Yay!

 

[Bens-Hens]

Thats great news Pam. Could see veins in some of ours, but not sure in the larger thicker shelled ones. I think we are on Day 6 from memory.

Don't ever let anyone tell you to eat Vegemite like Nutella, works wonder to keep the drop bears away though.

 

[vehve]

Thats great news Pam. Could see veins in some of ours, but not sure in the larger thicker shelled ones. I think we are on Day 6 from memory.

Don't ever let anyone tell you to eat Vegemite like Nutella, works wonder to keep the drop bears away though.

Now you made me google drop bear. Wouldn't want one of those around me...

Now Nutella, there's a product I can relate to. Nice chocolaty taste. Another spread, along with Vegemite, that I'm having trouble understanding, is peanut butter used on bread. Why? I sometimes add it to brownies, but even there I've got ten times the amount chocolate and sugar to balance it out. And is it really true that PB&J sandwiches are considered a lunch-item in the States? At least this is the perception I've gotten from all that Merkan TV. Tried it once, and I'm not doing that again. Or then you use some sort of sweetened PB.

 

[Wrightsx4]

I could easily live on peanut butter...yup...pb&j, pb on apple slices, pb on a spoon...
Except yes, ours is sweetened and has a slight molasses taste.

 

[vehve]

I could easily live on peanut butter...yup...pb&j, pb on apple slices, pb on a spoon...
Except yes, ours is sweetened and has a slight molasses taste.

Ok, that makes more sense. We've got a couple different brands here, but they are pretty much pure peanut, some have a dash of salt in them. Great for baking, but disgusting on bread.

As a Yank, how do you feel about eating reindeer?

 

[Wrightsx4]

Ok, that makes more sense. We've got a couple different brands here, but they are pretty much pure peanut, some have a dash of salt in them. Great for baking, but disgusting on bread.

As a Yank, how do you feel about eating reindeer?

We don't have actual reindeer, but we do have white tailed deer. They frequent the road in front of me often, in fact one ran across the driveway this morning in front of my kids while walking out to the bus. I'm not much of a hunter, but my husband is. Venison is excellent

 

[vehve]

They're similar, but both have their own taste. I personally like reindeer better. It's just that Americans tend to get a bit squeamish about eating Rudolf, so I had to ask.

Next time you have a filé of venison, quickly sauté it in butter to give some color and throw it in the oven at 120 deg C for 20 minutes. Pour some cream and sweet mustard in the frying pan and cook it up to make a sauce, and serve with some boiled potatoes and raw lingonberries. Works well for reindeer too.