Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[fuzzi]

About these Christmas cake recipies.
Why do the recipies say wrap the outside of the tin in baking paper?
I have a springform type cake tin. Can I leave the cake in that for maturing?
I don't have anything else it will fit in.
Maybe fuzzi's wax paper wrap would be better. Wax paper the same as baking paper?

I think your baking paper is probably the same as our parchment paper, good for baking, doesn't burn. Wax paper is almost transparent, with a thin wax coating on both sides. It cannot be used with heat, but is more flexible than parchment paper, good for wrapping items, doesn't stick to the food.

Aha! I was on the right track...
https://www.marthastewart.com/269281/parchment-vs-wax-paper

 

[fuzzi]

Out in that! You must be joking. Not good weather. Wet, grey with a biting Easterly wind. We just ate and sat about for an hour before Henry had had enough and went to roost, the rest following shortly after. Last in Tull who seems to think that she should go to roost where and when I do. Each night when I open the back of the coop to put in breakfast and water, and give Henry his goodnight stroke, Tull waits by the door and sometimes I put her on the rooost bar, after shoving Henry along a bit.
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Is she the one who has been photobombing your roost pictures?

 

[kcan2]

Just can't find gloves that are warm enough and easy to get on and off. I can't do much wearing gloves and I prefer to handle the chickens with bare hands.

When you do find a good pair, I hope you'll share the link! Been looking for a good pair like you described for years.

 

[Canadian Wind]

When you do find a good pair, I hope you'll share the link! Been looking for a good pair like you described for years.

Same. You just can't do chores with large mitts on, and I also prefer doing certain things with bare hands. Like filling water bowls for the rabbits. Nothing worse than wet hand coverings in the freezing weather! Then again, wet hands in winter isn't fun either.

Gloves tax:

Mopsy the Punk Chicken! I burst out laughing every time I see her like this. Moulting is so degrading!

 

[BDutch]

When I went on my bike to work (10km) even when it was freezing I bought thin silk gloves to wear under my thick waterproof mittens. A great combination in severe cold.
The silk gloves are € 13,- at Decathlon. Normal price with probably better quality is around €30,- Also nice to wear when it’s getting just a bit chilly.
Con: don’t last long if you use them to work with. Pro: you can use your phone with them.

 

[fuzzi]

When I went on my bike to work (10km) even when it was freezing I bought thin silk gloves to wear under my thick waterproof mittens. A great combination in severe cold.
The silk gloves are € 13,- at Decathlon. Normal price with probably better quality is around €30,- Also nice to wear when it’s getting just a bit chilly.
Con: don’t last long if you use them to work with. Pro: you can use your phone with them.

I have a pair of those, wear them under my gloves when it gets below freezing.

 

[fuzzi]

Same. You just can't do chores with large mitts on, and I also prefer doing certain things with bare hands. Like filling water bowls for the rabbits. Nothing worse than wet hand coverings in the freezing weather! Then again, wet hands in winter isn't fun either.

Gloves tax:

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Mopsy the Punk Chicken! I burst out laughing every time I see her like this. Moulting is so degrading!

I have used my garden gloves for chicken chores in the winter. They're not warm, but are better than bare skin. Mine are made of an elastic material so they're snug on my hands, and have rubber type palms.

They look like these

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

Tea is ready.

Temperature is in the 79s mostly ckoudy.

Have a great day!

 

[Canadian Wind]

I have used my garden gloves for chicken chores in the winter. They're not warm, but are better than bare skin. Mine are made of an elastic material so they're snug on my hands, and have rubber type palms.

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They look like these

My work gloves are similar. Believe me, these become so cold at even just -15c (!) that it's warmer to wear nothing, especially if the material part gets wet!

 

[fuzzi]

My work gloves are similar. Believe me, these become so cold at even just -15c (!) that it's warmer to wear nothing, especially if the material part gets wet!

it never gets that cold here, but I understand.

If we get down into the mid teens (about -9C) it's a rare event. Most of the time it doesn't get colder than 20F here, and our winters generally stay above 25F.

15F = -9.4C
20F = -6.6C
25F = -3.8C