Surviving Minnesota!

[jerryse]

Ralphie watch this . Not sure you would really want to fish like this .

 

[ketojenn]

Good morning! Going to be a beautiful day, the best of the week and I volunteered to fill in at other offices all day. Sometimes I'm such a dummy.

Butchered two roos last night for our dinner on Saturday. Frostbite, the one with no feet, had to go. My daughter kept apologizing to him. She wanted to leave Frostbite and take out the flock master. Uh, no. One does his job, the other just eats. I have to say, I felt bad about it, she's making me soft.

Our young turkey, Boyde kept getting close to my husband last night and doing the whole puffed up, air blowing thing and Jesse was convinced he was trying to challenge him. He has been attacked by roosters before, and was sure Boyde wanted to attack him. I walked up and petted the turkey and showed him he's just being amorous and showing off, not mean. He's not convinced. He thinks the turkey is going to attack at any moment. Lots of drama in the yard last night.

 

[I Love Layers]

Morning. Finally caught up on sleep. We got quite a bit of rain on Tuesday and Wednesday. Yesterdays meet was actually in a tiny town called Lambert, got on the bus at 5am got to Lambert at 9. We had 5 girls there yesterday and we got 1st as a team, first time that has happened in probably about 20 years. In Montana we can run 5 events, I placed 1st in High Jump, 3rd in 100Hurdles, 3rd in 300 Hurdles, in 200 dash 5th, and our 4x100, which we have never ran before, took 5th. This was the slowest ran meet I have ever been to, I got home around 9:30pm....
I have I think 6 eggs in the incubator, last I checked they were developing they should have around 1 week left. On Wednesday I noticed a yard rabbit in the coop making a nest, and I am sure you can all guess how much chickens like baby bunnies.... so I put her up on the raised level in the brooding room, yesterday she had some babies.

 

[CindyinSD]

Here is proper winter lodging for dux or geese..View attachment 1743646

Always the go-to backup plan.

 

[BantyChooks]

Ralphie watch this . Not sure you would really want to fish like this .

He probably wouldn't mind fishing with her.

 

[jerryse]

He probably wouldn't mind fishing with her.

Yeah but catching drum , bowfin (dog fish) , gar and asian carp jumping in the boat might be a deal breaker . Such is trot lining where legal .

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Solid blue skies out there. There isn't one whisp of white cloud in the air. just gorgeous.
Hens are loving it.
I have not done the dog doody duties yet. I thought the rain might take care of alot. But beings that Sadie is a garbage raider you get the occasional plastic wrap poop, colorful Balloon poop, etc....that just won't wash away. Ahhh. Goody.
And while I'm at it I may as well do chicken doody duties at the coop. Give 'em fresher holiday weekend.
So Manure duty Friday it is for me after work.

So I saw this blurb on egg custard pastries on my google search page yesterday. You know the little "my pocket" stories they sometimes show. They are poor Portugese Monk derivations many centuries old and made with the simplest ingredients. Pasteis de Nata --'cakes from nothing' literally. Well they are a bucket list food now in Europe and I was looking for an Easter dessert to share. I believe I have found it. Last night was the test run. They are glorious warm after the oven. But the ones in the morning from the fridge as a 'grab and go' were wonderful too.

Here's the recipe I followed. I recommend watching the video too. To get tips and the techniques used.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/269064/portuguese-custard-tarts-pasteis-de-nata/

 

[Bogtown Chick]

 

[duluthralphie]

Ralphie watch this . Not sure you would really want to fish like this .

I would love to be able to fish like that but it is not legal here...

The proper guide is important to the trip, Banty.

 

[BantyChooks]

I would love to be able to fish like that but it is not legal here...

The proper guide is important to the trip, Banty.

Clearly.