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[perchie.girl]

Glad to hear Grandma is still doing pretty well. Never would think you would want to hurry her along.
I've not had llamas but they are related to an extent to Alpacas. I don't think either exist in the wild, they are descended and domesticated from other species that are still around. If you can find a llama that has been handled/trained, there isn't really much "husbandry" involved. Shear once a year in the spring, cut the nails as needed. My alpacas eat in the field and eat hay. They get about 3/4 cup each of alpaca/llama maintenance pellets twice a day, I have some all stock sweet feed mixed in. If they are in an area that doesn't get cold maybe they should be sheared twice a year? They aren't sheared quite as close as sheep. Mine don't care about standing out in the snow but they will spend a fair bit of time in the barn or just north of it in the shade in the summer. Heat is hard on them. The alpacas don't eat much, about 12 small square bales each per year but they do have outside grass from May through Oct, they still eat some hay year round. They can NOT have copper so if you get minerals, make sure they are for camelids. That said I don't think mine have EVER eaten any of their loose minerals in the 2 years I've had them. I also got them a plain salt lick, untouched. Maybe the maintenance pellets have all that they need.

Thanks for the info Bruce. we dont have forage so I will be supplying it all. We have Camels and Camel-ids all over San Diego and the county... So I will make sure they have a run-in .... The old coop would be excellent size for two.. I can rebuild it for Llamas. I have plenty of wood for walls and roof.

So alfalfa or Timothy or Bermuda?

No Copper... So Goat feeding should be separate.... Which should be easy.

deb

 

[Latestarter]

OK, so what's the trick to making hard boiled eggs "easy peel"? I boiled up 15 today and had a hell of a time peeling them. The shells broke into tiny pieces and stuck to the egg white/membrane and half of them I peeled away a layer of white along with the shells. I haven't boiled eggs in decades, longer since I've peeled any... The shell fragments with whites and pieces went to the chickens, the eggs got crumbled up and combined as a supplement for the dogs.

Love fried eggs (yolk especially) over easy, like scrambled eggs, like fried egg sandwiches, but the sulfur smell from hard boiled is just very unappealing to me. Don't like deviled/pickled eggs or egg salad. about the only thing I like using hard boiled eggs is a dish my mom called goldenrod egg. chopped up egg whites in a white sauce over toast and the yolk grated through a screen sifter, "dusted" over the top like "snow flakes".

As a kid I liked poached eggs on toast, and soft boiled were OK as well.

Anyway, tricks for easy(er) peel would be appreciated.

 

[CapricornFarm]

OK, so what's the trick to making hard boiled eggs "easy peel"? I boiled up 15 today and had a hell of a time peeling them. The shells broke into tiny pieces and stuck to the egg white/membrane and half of them I peeled away a layer of white along with the shells. I haven't boiled eggs in decades, longer since I've peeled any... The shell fragments with whites and pieces went to the chickens, the eggs got crumbled up and combined as a supplement for the dogs.

Love fried eggs (yolk especially) over easy, like scrambled eggs, like fried egg sandwiches, but the sulfur smell from hard boiled is just very unappealing to me. Don't like deviled/pickled eggs or egg salad. about the only thing I like using hard boiled eggs is a dish my mom called goldenrod egg. chopped up egg whites in a white sauce over toast and the yolk grated through a screen sifter, "dusted" over the top like "snow flakes".

As a kid I liked poached eggs on toast, and soft boiled were OK as well.

Anyway, tricks for easy(er) peel would be appreciated.

Use older eggs, fresh eggs are difficult.

 

[ronott1]

worse you still have baby teeth ? I have never regretted my dentures started getting what they called slab fractures thats when I said No more

Yes! There were no permanent teeth for those 4. One was pulled in high school and I have a bridge there. The other three are still there but I thought they all had crowns.

The friend that we lost last year from a fall/Parkinson's disease used to be our dentist back in IL. I used to always go into his office for a check up announcing..."Order that new digital xray machine or office furniture that you've been wanting! I'm here for my checkup!"

The last crown for my cost was 700.00. My Dental insurance pays half for dental work other than twice a year checkups and cleanings

 

[ronott1]

Use older eggs, fresh eggs are difficult.

Pressure cooking or steaming them

 

[pennyJo1960]

or adding lemon to new you can peel them when hard boiled

 

[getaclue]

Fresh eggs are for frying, or baking. Older eggs are for boiling, and peel easily.

 

[getaclue]

Ron, sorry to hear about your tooth. I hope it's not too bad, or too expensive to fix.

Deb, I'm so glad you are doing good, on track, and looking forward to the "improved" (if possible), healthier you.

scg, I like the quilt. Awesome, as always!

 

[drumstick diva]

My dental insurance renews May 1. My first visit last May - cost my a fortune for a 4 tooth bridge - also blew the puny maximum payment from my insurance. Dentist wanted me to have an 8 tooth bridge - just because. He said what a bargain it would be - I said NOT when you don't have the money.

He was divorced years ago and feels his patients should foot the bill for her allimony (?)

 

[Bunnylady]

what happened to Cape May ?

Um, Critter left?

Oh, wait - you mean on the quilt, don't you?

But gee, I thought everyone knew that 'God's favorite color is Carolina Blue' . . . .

(My favorite joke about Carolina Blue: a scientist got curious about what made Carolina Blue so special, so they subjected it to spectrographic analysis. Know what they discovered? It's just Duke Blue with the intelligence removed.)

what's the trick to making hard boiled eggs "easy peel"?

My best trick for easy peeling eggs is, get an Easter Egger! I don't understand why, but those blue/green eggs slip right out of the shells almost without fail.