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[LisaYolkUm]

you know ------its only mid September and we are all thinking "winterizing" and talking about the changing weather!

Its fairly warm in the daytime and is going down to upper 40's at night!

Wonder how worried we will be when its really really cold out there...........like a high of 40's and nighttime low of????20?

clearly some of us................like me ...............and others .............are very new to this.

Our first winter with chickens! wonder what its gonna be like.........

whats a good chicken caregiver to do?

so much maternal musings............

 

[fisherlady]

OK... so I am finally getting out my recipe box on a night I have a laptop available. ....

My pickled egg recipe....

This is just a combination I came up with to suit our taste. About all of the ingredients can be adjusted to suit personal tastes. I add a can of commercially canned pickled beets just to add color to the juice. It doesn't need to be added, I imagine you could use a few drops of food coloring also, I just like the color the pickled beets add.

I prefer to do larger batches, but quantities can be halved or otherwise divided to suit your needs.

36 small to medium eggs, hardboiled and peeled
8 cups water
4 to 6 cups of white vinegar (suit to taste, start with 4 and add till you are happy with how tart it is) I use 6
4 Tablespoons Pickling spice
2 cups white sugar (again, can be more or less, depending on taste)
4 teaspoons minced or fresh crushed garlic
4 whole Bay leaves
1 cup fresh minced onion
1 can (15 oz) Pickled Beets, brand of preference

Place eggs into a large mouthed glass container (or 2 smaller ones) with screw on or otherwise securable lid

Drain beet juice into large pan, add remaining ingredients to pan and bring to a boil
Reduce heat to simmer for about 5 minutes
Pour hot juice over eggs in container(s)

Beets from the can may be added to eggs or set aside for other use, whichever you prefer.
Allow to cool on counter and then place in fridge for 10 days to soak.
After the 10 days the juice/color should be soaked well into the eggs and they are ready to enjoy!

 

[cskotek]

OK... so I am finally getting out my recipe box on a night I have a laptop available. ....

My pickled egg recipe....

This is just a combination I came up with to suit our taste. About all of the ingredients can be adjusted to suit personal tastes. I add a can of commercially canned pickled beets just to add color to the juice. It doesn't need to be added, I imagine you could use a few drops of food coloring also, I just like the color the pickled beets add.

I prefer to do larger batches, but quantities can be halved or otherwise divided to suit your needs.

36 small to medium eggs, hardboiled and peeled
8 cups water
4 to 6 cups of white vinegar (suit to taste, start with 4 and add till you are happy with how tart it is) I use 6
4 Tablespoons Pickling spice
2 cups white sugar (again, can be more or less, depending on taste)
4 teaspoons minced or fresh crushed garlic
4 whole Bay leaves
1 cup fresh minced onion
1 can (15 oz) Pickled Beets, brand of preference

Place eggs into a large mouthed glass container (or 2 smaller ones) with screw on or otherwise securable lid

Drain beet juice into large pan, add remaining ingredients to pan and bring to a boil
Reduce heat to simmer for about 5 minutes
Pour hot juice over eggs in container(s)

Beets from the can may be added to eggs or set aside for other use, whichever you prefer.
Allow to cool on counter and then place in fridge for 10 days to soak.
After the 10 days the juice/color should be soaked well into the eggs and they are ready to enjoy!

Will have to try my hand at this!

 

[chiques chicks]

OK... so I am finally getting out my recipe box on a night I have a laptop available. ....

My pickled egg recipe....

This is just a combination I came up with to suit our taste.  About all of the ingredients can be adjusted to suit personal tastes. I add a can of commercially canned pickled beets just to add color to the juice.  It doesn't need to be added, I imagine you could use a few drops of food coloring also, I just like the color the pickled beets add.

I prefer to do larger batches, but quantities can be halved or otherwise divided to suit your needs.

36 small to medium eggs, hardboiled and peeled
8 cups water
4 to 6 cups of white vinegar (suit to taste, start with 4 and add till you are happy with how tart it is) I use 6
4 Tablespoons Pickling spice
2 cups white sugar (again, can be more or less, depending on taste)
4 teaspoons minced or fresh crushed garlic
4 whole Bay leaves
1 cup fresh minced onion
1 can (15 oz) Pickled Beets, brand of preference

Place eggs into a large mouthed glass container (or 2 smaller ones) with screw on or otherwise securable lid

Drain beet juice into large pan, add remaining ingredients to pan and bring to a boil
Reduce heat to simmer for about 5 minutes
Pour hot juice over eggs in container(s)

Beets from the can may be added to eggs or set aside for other use, whichever you prefer.
Allow to cool on counter and then place in fridge for 10 days to soak.
After the 10 days the juice/color should be soaked well into the eggs and they are ready to enjoy!

My simple recipe:
Hard boiled eggs
1/2 beet juice 1/2 acv (the cheap stuff is fine)
Put hard boiled eggs (peeled) in jar. Cover with liquid combination. add beets if you want. Add one cinnamon stick if desired. Screw on lid, refrigerate a day or two.

Personally I don't really enjoy them, but i've made for others and they said they wer good.

 

[Brittany7]

OK... so I am finally getting out my recipe box on a night I have a laptop available. ....

My pickled egg recipe....

This is just a combination I came up with to suit our taste. About all of the ingredients can be adjusted to suit personal tastes. I add a can of commercially canned pickled beets just to add color to the juice. It doesn't need to be added, I imagine you could use a few drops of food coloring also, I just like the color the pickled beets add.

I prefer to do larger batches, but quantities can be halved or otherwise divided to suit your needs.

36 small to medium eggs, hardboiled and peeled
8 cups water
4 to 6 cups of white vinegar (suit to taste, start with 4 and add till you are happy with how tart it is) I use 6
4 Tablespoons Pickling spice
2 cups white sugar (again, can be more or less, depending on taste)
4 teaspoons minced or fresh crushed garlic
4 whole Bay leaves
1 cup fresh minced onion
1 can (15 oz) Pickled Beets, brand of preference

Place eggs into a large mouthed glass container (or 2 smaller ones) with screw on or otherwise securable lid

Drain beet juice into large pan, add remaining ingredients to pan and bring to a boil
Reduce heat to simmer for about 5 minutes
Pour hot juice over eggs in container(s)

Beets from the can may be added to eggs or set aside for other use, whichever you prefer.
Allow to cool on counter and then place in fridge for 10 days to soak.
After the 10 days the juice/color should be soaked well into the eggs and they are ready to enjoy!

Thank you! 10 days in the fridge? That seems long for freshness. How long can eggs like this last? Or even how long can hard boiled eggs last in the fridge alone?

 

[Brittany7]

My simple recipe:
Hard boiled eggs
1/2 beet juice 1/2 acv (the cheap stuff is fine)
Put hard boiled eggs (peeled) in jar. Cover with liquid combination. add beets if you want. Add one cinnamon stick if desired. Screw on lid, refrigerate a day or two.

Personally I don't really enjoy them, but i've made for others and they said they wer good.

acv? What is that?

 

[stake]

acv? What is that?

Its AppleCiderVinegar....its a good preservative...I kept hot peppers good all winter long by submerging them in vinegar....just need to make sure the type used is strong enough...if you're interested in that sort of thing, you can check out pickling and fermenting...

 

[tweetr1979]

Hey:

I have a couple of questions about chicken behavior...

1. One of my baby marans refuses to go into the coop at night....I usually guide her and she will then run into the pen....on the occasions when I am not there when the flock is settling in, she will decide to roost on the the edge of the pen's fencing where it attaches to the coop....I thought as she became more integrated with the flock she would just follow the roo into the pen....thats not happening....will cold nights impress her to go into the coop or am I going to have to manually put her in the coop every night?

2. I have a broody girl who has been sitting on 4 eggs for about 13 days....two day ago she came out of the pen for a break and had the shell of one of her eggs in her mouth...when I checked the egg it was a fertile egg and had partially developed...did she whack the egg cause she felt something was wrong or was is just  an accident(she laid the egg and some of her eggs are thin shelled)?

3. in another week I may have a chick or two hatching....do I need to remove mom and kids to a separate locale? Or should I just position some chick food and water near her nesting box...she is one of the more dominant birds in my flock...and I don't know how the changing weather will affect things....?


Thanks for any advise!!!!!

My girls never used to go in, they finally settled and started going in on their own. Then the.2 new girls were introduced and my girls started to not go in again, I had to go get them off the top of the coop and put them in around 8 when it was getting really dark.

Now that it is getting cooler I am finding they are all now going in around 7.30pm & I go out and shut the coop at 8.

Hopefully they'll start coming around to the fact it is getting colder & go inside on their own for you!

 

[fisherlady]

Once they are pickled they are fine for quite a while, my DH has been working on the last batch for about 3 wks now (that's 3 wks + the 10 days he waited for them to be 'done') and he hasn't had a bit of trouble.

 

[galgo98]

Are we gonna see you there too?

Are you stalking us??