Stella's Social Club

[Happy Chooks]

Amazing video Mary.

 

[The Sheriff]

I tried a new take on an Egg McMuffin this morning. Instead of serving an oval of hash browns on the side, I cooked mine in round patties, covered them with cheese, then served them on the sandwich! Oh, and I use regular bacon instead of Canadian bacon. The only negative comment was that the hash browns could have been crispier to which I replied, "Then you should have gotten out of bed sooner and they would have been!"







p.s. I started my online food photography course on Friday. Hopefully these pictures will get better!

 

[Mahonri]

Mary,

You put Martha Stewart to shame.

You could do TV!!... magazines!!! etc... etc... etc...

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I tried a new take on an Egg McMuffin this morning. Instead of serving an oval of hash browns on the side, I cooked mine in round patties, covered them with cheese, then served them on the sandwich! Oh, and I use regular bacon instead of Canadian bacon. The only negative comment was that the hash browns could have been crispier to which I replied, "Then you should have gotten out of bed sooner and they would have been!"







p.s. I started my online food photography course on Friday. Hopefully these pictures will get better!

umm yum.... breakfast at Mary's next week

 

[tazcat70]

Mary, that looks so yummy!

 

[The Sheriff]

I am a nervous wreck. I moved my four layers, of which one only lays and that is once a week at best, in with the Icelandics in the big coop. That freed up a smaller coop for my dark egg layers. They are four weeks old today and I need the brooder they are in for the cream legbar chicks. So, I moved the dark egg layers into the coop formerly occupied by the "layers." It is outside! And not insulated. I cleaned it thoroughly although it wasn't very messy from just four girls. I put a very thick layer of shavings down so they would have to dig like crazy to get through to the slippery vinyl. I thought the shavings would also add warmth. Then I hung my premier heat lamp about 18 inches from the floor. It is secured with screws, brackets, zip ties and everything else you can think of! This is the one I used.




It is supposed to be very safe. The cord is super long so I was able to run it out the roof vent and plug it in next door at the little yellow house. I checked on them a few minutes ago and they were huddled in a corner away from the heat. They are used to an EcoGlow. So I made a huddle box out of a cardboard box with a side cut out. I put it under the light with the top and one side open. They were starting to cautiously approach the box as I watched from outside. I will check them again later and if they aren't in the huddle box, I will put them in a four sided box with the top only open. Probably one night is all they will need to figure out when the heat is.

Tomorrow I will clean the big brooder in the brooder house and move my cream legbars out there. I am hoping to get my second Eco-glow back from Michael's daughter soon. I have eggs hatching in a couple of week then I set a bunch more yesterday. I want to put a divider in the big brooder and use both EcoGlows in there.

I am going to be out there checking those babies every hour till I go to bed!

 

[debs_flock]

This is the heat lamp I use in my shed grow out pen. I loved it so much I bought a second one. They are so well made.

I also bought the tripod to suspend it and I've had no trouble with birds trying to perch on it.

Deb

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I am a nervous wreck. I moved my four layers, of which one only lays and that is once a week at best, in with the Icelandics in the big coop. That freed up a smaller coop for my dark egg layers. They are four weeks old today and I need the brooder they are in for the cream legbar chicks. So, I moved the dark egg layers into the coop formerly occupied by the "layers." It is outside! And not insulated. I cleaned it thoroughly although it wasn't very messy from just four girls. I put a very thick layer of shavings down so they would have to dig like crazy to get through to the slippery vinyl. I thought the shavings would also add warmth. Then I hung my premier heat lamp about 18 inches from the floor. It is secured with screws, brackets, zip ties and everything else you can think of! This is the one I used.




It is supposed to be very safe. The cord is super long so I was able to run it out the roof vent and plug it in next door at the little yellow house. I checked on them a few minutes ago and they were huddled in a corner away from the heat. They are used to an EcoGlow. So I made a huddle box out of a cardboard box with a side cut out. I put it under the light with the top and one side open. They were starting to cautiously approach the box as I watched from outside. I will check them again later and if they aren't in the huddle box, I will put them in a four sided box with the top only open. Probably one night is all they will need to figure out when the heat is.

Tomorrow I will clean the big brooder in the brooder house and move my cream legbars out there. I am hoping to get my second Eco-glow back from Michael's daughter soon. I have eggs hatching in a couple of week then I set a bunch more yesterday. I want to put a divider in the big brooder and use both EcoGlows in there.

I am going to be out there checking those babies every hour till I go to bed!

Mary you want to try some crele penedesenca in your dark layer flock?
Make great olive eggers with the creme legbar's as well. they look close and are auto sexing when you cross them

 

[The Sheriff]

Mary you want to try some crele penedesenca in your dark layer flock?
Make great olive eggers with the creme legbar's as well. they look close and are auto sexing when you cross them

I would probably love to try some after I get the hatches done that I have going right now. I have 108 eggs in my incubator!

This is the heat lamp I use in my shed grow out pen. I loved it so much I bought a second one. They are so well made.

I also bought the tripod to suspend it and I've had no trouble with birds trying to perch on it.

Deb

There's a tripod? Awesome. Off to google it!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

these little guys are all the creme legbar x crele penedesenca olive eggers.
Here is my crele boy