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[Mushoobug]

I have a broody frizzle and we snuck her a chick, she sits on her great but totally abandons her and forgets she’s alive any time she’s not sitting on her??? Should I just bring the chick inside?

 

[pennyJo1960]

If she just has one that is why I bet can you get a few chicks from a feed store sneek under her tonight lone chick is why me thinks

 

[Mushoobug]

If she just has one that is why I bet can you get a few chicks from a feed store sneek under her tonight lone chick is why me thinks

Hmm okay. There was another but it didn’t make it through the night, apparently Wilco had a late delivery and a ton of their chicks died. We just got another so maybe I’ll trouble shoot that. We have the set up from our older ladies just in case this whole thing doesn’t work out

 

[pennyJo1960]

Just make sure it all happens at roost time you sould be fine .. what part of the state are you in ?

 

[Mushoobug]

Just make sure it all happens at roost time you sould be fine .. what part of the state are you in ?

I’ll try again tonight. I live in the Longview area. Yeah Mary, my frizzle did great sitting on them but this morning (and after the one died) she seemed like she forgot about the chick. She ran out ate a bite of food and booked it back in the coop, left the poor kid outside and my other ladies weren’t so enthusiastic about a baby

 

[pennyJo1960]

Down the road from us .. Started moving out of Shelton
found went south landed here in Mossyrock to great a deal to pass up 3 + garage 3/4 an acre enough for all the chickens and a 5 bedroom house for 3 of us

 

[Cluckatar]

All 8 that went into lockdown have made it out for the group photo.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Very nice hatch huh

 

[Mushoobug]

Down the road from us .. Started moving out of Shelton
found went south landed here in Mossyrock to great a deal to pass up 3 + garage 3/4 an acre enough for all the chickens and a 5 bedroom house for 3 of us

Dang! That sounds like a great setup!

we only have seven chickens, well five ladies and the two babies but we have a nice yard they can go to town on

Down the road from us .. Started moving out of Shelton
found went south landed here in Mossyrock to great a deal to pass up 3 + garage 3/4 an acre enough for all the chickens and a 5 bedroom house for 3 of us

 

[pennyJo1960]

Made a recipe new to me for Churro's did that the first time not as pretty with out the star and such but squeezed ribbons out into the oil from a bag.
Do use vegetable oil it does not soak in like others will this is out of Spain
CHURROS CON CHOCOLATE


Authentic food recipes from the great country of Spain.

Ingredients: (Makes one plate full)
Vegetable or Olive Oil
1 cup water
1/2 cup margarine or butter
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup all-purpose flour
3 eggs
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)

Prepare to fry the churros by heating oil in a pan (1 to 1&1/2 inches) to 360 degrees F.

To make churro dough, heat water, margarine and salt to rolling boil in 3-quart saucepan; stir in flour. Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball, about 1 minute; remove from heat. Beat eggs all at once; continue beating until smooth and then add to saucepan while stirring mixture.

Spoon mixture into cake decorators' tube with large star tip (like the kind use to decorate cakes). Squeeze 4-inch strips of dough into hot oil. Fry 3 or 4 strips at a time until golden brown, turning once, about 2 minutes on each side. Drain on paper towels. (Mix Sugar and the optional cinnamon); roll churros in sugar or dump the sugar on the pile of churros, like the pros. That churro taste will take you right back to your favorite summer days walking the paseos of Spain.

Note: REAL churros in Spain are made without cinnamon mixed with the sugar, but the cinnamon adds an extra nice flavor.





Chocolate for Churro Dunking

4oz dark chocolate, chopped
2 cups milk
1 tbsp cornstarch (also known as corn flour and is the powder that causes the thickening)
4 tbsp sugar

Place the chocolate and half the milk in a pan and heat, stirring, until the chocolate has melted. Dissolve the cornstarch in the remaining milk and whisk into the chocolate with the sugar. Cook on low heat, whisking constantly, until the chocolate is thickened, about five minutes. Add extra cornstarch if it doesn't start to thicken after 5 minutes. Remove and whisk smooth. Pour and server in cups or bowls for dunking churros. Do not pour over churros, but use the mix for dunking churros after every bite. Served warm.