The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[SilkieSensation]

I'm usually asleep by 9pm. Why am I still awake at 1:15am??? Probably has a lot to do with the ex blowing up my phone with texts all day begging me to let him come back and then getting calls & texts from 2 other people trying to start crap because he put them up to it. OMG!!! GROW UP!!!. You're 41 years old. Act like it!!! And still has no clue why I threw him out & his nieces won't let him stay at their houses. Sorry, just needed to vent a bit. In poultry news, I have my first Ancona ducklings hatching as I type!!! I hear peeping & have a couple pips!!!

 

[tommysgirl]

Sounds delish!

It was my first go with one of our own and I think he needed to be lower and slower. Skin was rubbery and the flesh wasn't tough just tougher. The flavor though was great and my H said he felt good about eating it instead of grocery store chicken. He doesn't want anything to do with processing but he liked it very much

x2! we had cilantro lime chicken tacos! HEAVEN!

Yummy I think chicken tacos would be a great use of older boys. Crock Pot??

You definitely need to post the recipe for that cranerry wine sauce!! Pleeeeeeeaaasssssssse

Haha I made it up from what I had around. salt pepper 1 cup reisling 1/2 cup cranberry sc. After removing the chicken I tossed in some dried cranberries and reduced it.


Watched my niece perform in our High School's production of Hairspray tonight. It was very cute.

 

[gryeyes]

SilkieSensation, I drive past a piece of property where there were some chickens for a short time. I had watched a coop being built there and could hardly wait to see what would occupy it. Finally, one day, several gorgeous, full-grown Light Brahma roosters were visible in the yard outside of the coop. The property fence was totally unsuitable for containing poultry. :/ A couple days later, there were two small kids playing on the deck above the driveway; one of the roosters was ranging freely on the wrong side of the wrought iron fence, right by the gate. I pulled over to shoo him back through one of the gaps between the upright bars of the gate (almost exactly "chicken-wide") and call out to the kids about the situation. We talked a bit about the chickens. I gathered the youngsters were grandkids. I told them they had gorgeous Brahmas. They seemed perplexed. Turns out those chickens were "Fancy Foot" chickens, not Brahmas at all. Ahhh, yes, Fancy Foot Chickens. And all roosters, too... I never, ever saw them in the coop. And before too long, there were no Brahma... I mean, Fancy Foot chickens...in the yard. Not a single one. The coop is still there. I wish I had a flat-bed truck, 'cause it's a pretty nice one, although it IS aging and a foot of grass is growing up through it. I bet I could get it cheaply. Of course, it would need something other than chicken wire on it, to keep ANY breed safe and secure. That little boy was VERY adamant about his chickens being VERY special Fancy Foot chickens. Too bad his grandparents hadn't much of a clue about raising 'em.

 

[michaelf]

Happy Happy Happy Friday!!

 

[pickitfarm]

I want to be there in that dream.......sun and sand.......ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Too late....I am up and heading back to the daily grind...coffee and work that is.......................

 

[Gardeningmama]

Quote: I'm usually asleep by 9pm. Why am I still awake at 1:15am??? Probably has a lot to do with the ex blowing up my phone with texts all day begging me to let him come back and then getting calls & texts from 2 other people trying to start crap because he put them up to it. OMG!!! GROW UP!!!. You're 41 years old. Act like it!!!
And still has no clue why I threw him out & his nieces won't let him stay at their houses.

Sorry, just needed to vent a bit.

In poultry news, I have my first Ancona ducklings hatching as I type!!! I hear peeping & have a couple pips!!!

I had a day like that too, Silkie! Vent Away Girl! Congrats on the Anconas!

 

[Gardeningmama]

 

[abmaddox1981]

Mornin' y'all! So with the high winds and what all the last 2 days, nothing has been done in the way of building new coops. *sigh* Ah well, I guess I'll get the frame started and see how far I get. What're y'all doing today?

 

[SilkieSensation]

Mornin' y'all! So with the high winds and what all the last 2 days, nothing has been done in the way of building new coops. *sigh* Ah well, I guess I'll get the frame started and see how far I get. What're y'all doing today?

If I can manage to stay breathing long enough (my asthma is trying to kill me), I need to get the wire up on my runs & shovel the coops out once it warms up & they defrost.

 

[Gardeningmama]

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Funny you say that, I've been having trouble breathing for 2 days now. The feeling where you can't get a deep breath. Someone suggested it might be asthma, but I never had asthma. About 5 years ago it started, I'll be fine forever and then have it for a few days, then back to normal. Weird, I know, I should probably get it checked out. I hate going to the doctors for anything.