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[chickadoodles]

I'd call that comb more purple or even pale than black.
Paratyphoid, spirochetosis, ergotism are possibilities but almost anything that would affect the comb would have other symptoms.
Coccidiosis, lymphoid leucosis and pullorum can cause a pale comb.

Well they were just tested by the state abt. 3 weeks ago so it's not pullorum. They are not acting sick and no signs of cocci.

 

[chickadoodles]

SCG...here are some apple tree photos..not sure of what kind they are.
The first photo is soo full, that a branch has broken, and because we can't thin them out, the apples are small on this one. The other tree on the other hand, has nice size apples. They both taste wonderful! Even though the first ones are small, they taste really good. Kids over yesterday, eating apples off of the tree.






We know keeping them trimmed way down will make larger apples, but we only trim very little off each yr. We love the big trees. Still get nice enough apples for our asking.

They look wonderful Cynthia! I know you will have lots of help eating and putting them up.

 

[chickadoodles]

Quark is delicious. We make it as a dessert quite often with Karin. Take one cup of cream, pour in some sugar, a teeny pinch of salt and some vanilla extract, whip it, add a cup of quark, and then some berries of peaches in small pieces. My favorite is blueberry quark, but you can use currant, strawberries, raspberries... anything really. I prefer to add them frozen, and at the end you should taste that you have enough sugar in it. What berries/fruits you use will affect the need for sugar.

Here's dinner tonight, I ate alone since Karin is on call and had to return when she was halfway home.

Chicken pitas with homemade tzatziki and greek feta:

Those pita's look so good! Yum!

 

[Latestarter]

First eggs!

One of the younger birds (New Hampshire, born ~May 27th), in the adjacent pen, was doing the egg song the past couple of days, but still too young to lay, so thought nothing of it. So just a bit ago she started again, so I decided I better check in the nest boxes where the 2 older girls (Delawares from @maggiemo born late March?) are and son of a gun, there they were! I have my first 2 eggs They're a little smaller than a store bought large, but I guess that's normal and they'll get bigger over time.

I'm thinking a couple more, then scrambled w/bacon and toast

Maybe dinner later this week!

 

[ronott1]

First eggs!

One of the younger birds (New Hampshire, born ~May 27th), in the adjacent pen, was doing the egg song the past couple of days, but still too young to lay, so thought nothing of it. So just a bit ago she started again, so I decided I better check in the nest boxes where the 2 older girls (Delawares from @maggiemo born late March?) are and son of a gun, there they were! I have my first 2 eggs They're a little smaller than a store bought large, but I guess that's normal and they'll get bigger over time.

I'm thinking a couple more, then scrambled w/bacon and toast

Maybe dinner later this week!

Congratulations!

It is amazing and exciting to get those first eggs.

 

[Alaskan]

I might add some uses for quark: Mix it with Philadelphia cheese in a 50-50 ratio for a lighter cheesecake, and you can use it in quiches as a filler too. It has very little fat in it so it makes foods lighter and is a good source of protein.

*Edit* It works well in the homemade cheese recipe I shared earlier too.

I like quark mixed with chives or Bärlauch and spread thickly on a fresh roll and a few slices of a quality salami on top.

 

[Alaskan]

I think quark tastes closer to some kind of yogurt.

 

[tnspursfan09]

We got 8 processed, quartered and in the fridge to rest. They were healthy looking inside and out.

 

[Highcotton]

Never heard of quark. I tasted 1 when they were green. It was the second grosses thing i have ever eaten. They are nice and orange now. Im still scared to try another 1

You need to wait until frost and they get really soft and falling from the trees. At least for the native persimmons. If unripe persimmons is only the second worst thing you have ever eaten please tell me what was the worst. I don't want to ever try it. My wife loves eating them once they are really ripe. You could use them as possum bait and them have possum and sweet potatoes.

 

[Alaskan]

We got 8 processed, quartered and in the fridge to rest. They were healthy looking inside and out.

8 is a marvelous job!