Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

Well then your just lucky huh I love the different colors we can get now .. Only brown and white was egg of the day.

 

[saxgoddess25]

Indeedy! All of my chooks are brown layers but I really love the variation from chicken to chicken. Another of my gals lays an egg that is *almost* white, but it has a distinct ecru tinge. I'm wondering if it's the brahma.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have few green layers all of a sudden think my color pack 3 are laying they are hatchery birds I took from a friend, they are the green eggs me thinks

 

[CrazyCochin]

Hi all, I have a question for those in Western Washington. Is your entire run covered? I need to expand mine and am debating whether or not to cover the new part. I thought it’d be nice to have some uncovered but given our 6 months of wet weather coming up, it might be better to have it covered?

Mine is currently covered in metal siding, here's a pic:

This is our henhouse, well, the hen's henhouse, with the metal siding, and the clear is the overflow/weather shelter.

 

[saxgoddess25]

All eight of the big girls gave me eggs today. Huzzah!

 

[CrazyCochin]

All eight of the big girls gave me eggs today. Huzzah! View attachment 2805221

What lovely eggs! They are egg-ceptional!

 

[saxgoddess25]

Hehe. They are very pretty.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Think I have the same collander the red one

 

[saxgoddess25]

Think I have the same collander the red one

I have two of them. Dollar Tree specials.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Believe mines was also nothing wrong with that I still buy spry cleaners there..
Thought I might share a recipe here for your extra eggs
Scotch Eggs

Ingredients:

5 large free-range eggs
2 1/4 C seasoned flour
1 lb sausage meat
Dash of Worcestershire Sauce
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, finely chopped
Salt and pepper
3 C breadcrumbs
Vegetable oil for deep frying

Preparation:

Preheat an oven to 200 degrees Celsius (392 Fahrenheit), gas 300 degrees.

Place four of the eggs in a pan of cold water, bring to the boil and cook for exactly three minutes, remove from the heat and allow to cool in the water, peel and set aside.

Dust the boiled eggs in flour seasoned with salt and pepper. Mix in the parsley with the sausage meat, add the Worcestershire sauce and divide the meat into four equal portions.

Form each portion into a flat cake large enough to fit around the egg then work the sausage meat around the egg as evenly as possible while keeping the egg shape and making sure there are no cracks. Place the scotch eggs in the fridge for twenty minutes to set up.

Remove from the fridge and roll in the seasoned flour followed by the remaining egg, beaten, then into the crumbs making sure to coat well at each stage.

In a deep pan, heat the oil to 180°C then fry the scotch eggs in the oil turning frequently for 3 minutes. Remove the eggs and place them in the preheated oven for five minutes or until golden brown all over.