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[Rare Feathers Farm]

So is the weather over there weird???

It's been close to 100 here during the day and then in the mid-40s up here at night....it's now overcast and in the low 70s....

 

[cheryl98117]

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I just about spit Orange juice on my laptop from the baby mop! Most of those items are rediculous!

 

[cheryl98117]

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Its 54 here, had a very light mist this morning, just enoug to dampen the dust, but not enough to knock it down... I really want rain...

 

[Chickielady]

http://www.poultrydiseases.net/online/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Good to bookmark on updates on Poultry Disease, some articles are very old but educational nonetheless.
The column on the right by the World Health organization has been posting any zoonoses, mainly AI infected humans...scarey that AI can cross species!
So, when you have nothing to do or have a sick bird, you can look up the disease & study.

 

[PitterPatterPalace]

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Lol, love the swiffer mop! ;-)

 

[ReiMiraa]

so this summer i hatched out 7 cayugas.

they are growing so fast... i think they are almost 5 pounds now. from little information i can find about them is that they get to 8 pounds.

So for those of you that own them i need to know a few things

how do you know the quality of the bird? ex. hatchery vs backyard vs exhibition

are they supposed to be not just black shiny, or beetle black shiny but Blue shiny?? the black bounces of as a blue shine, never seen anything like it in my life.

also i just heard that my ducks are able to fly, they just don't know how well.... i am really hoping these guys don't migrate... and i can't clip their wings its too pretty.
They don't migrate right??? i didn't even think they could fly (wings were growing super slow compared to the rest of their body)... but then nothing i could find out about the breed said they did or not....

These are my first ducks.
also since they all look the same.... how do you tell which are male and female???

any other duck secrets? my chickens have learned to exist with them.... and the roosters freak out when surrounded by these black things.

 

[Chickielady]

Cayugas are supposed to only be able t fly a short distance, like a runner duck, if they have to, if they are chased by a predator, for example, is what I have always been told.
At maturity, I do not think they can fly at all as they are too heavy.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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I do something similar - BUT don't put it through the food mill and I add one cup of red wine, I can the whole batch and the results make for an instant anything sauce! Some rabbit or chicken pieces, top with "sauce" and bake; Yummy. Or add chunks of meat to "sauce" and spices - chili! Add mushrooms to sauce, cut up brats and pour over noodles; so many great ways to use it. Love those bell pepper sauces, just put a whole bunch in the pantry for winter.

I have not had time to do the actual "canning" of this sauce. Do you just water bath or does this have to be done in a pressure cooker because it is tomatoes? I have frozen this sauce before and that was probably what I was going to do. I love you ideas...I will have to try some time. but I have added mine to meatloaf, added extra zing to spaghetti sauce, etc. but you hae some good ideas there.

 

[Chickielady]

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I do something similar - BUT don't put it through the food mill and I add one cup of red wine, I can the whole batch and the results make for an instant anything sauce! Some rabbit or chicken pieces, top with "sauce" and bake; Yummy. Or add chunks of meat to "sauce" and spices - chili! Add mushrooms to sauce, cut up brats and pour over noodles; so many great ways to use it. Love those bell pepper sauces, just put a whole bunch in the pantry for winter.

I have not had time to do the actual "canning" of this sauce. Do you just water bath or does this have to be done in a pressure cooker because it is tomatoes? I have frozen this sauce before and that was probably what I was going to do. I love you ideas...I will have to try some time. but I have added mine to meatloaf, added extra zing to spaghetti sauce, etc. but you hae some good ideas there.

Tomatoes are fine in a water bath Canner~~ as they are high acid.
It is low acid & meats that really need a pressure canner, things like green beans for example.
Anything with lots of sugar (and pectin) are OK in a water bath, too.
Anything in a brine or vinegar are OK in a water bath canner as well.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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for me the "already cooked" is the key phrase. I love this idea, CL. I figured I would make the mini omelets also with some bell peppers, chez, and little bacon. Lordy knows I have bell peppers right now. Tons of them. Just cooked down two huge pots of tomatoes, peppers, onions, few jalapenos, etc...gonna run it through my food mill and voila...tomato sauce.

Don't forget salsa!
I have made so much salsa!
We use it all year, besides just eating with chips, you can use it as a topper on burritos & omelettes, and I even add a jar to the slow cooker over a cut up chicken or add to jasmine rice to make Spainish rice!
The new rage is "Texas Caviar"
It is:
Black eyed peas
chopped tomatoes
Chopped cucumber and/or Jicama
Couple cut ears of corn (or cans)
Few (4-5) diced yellow onion
Bell peps chopped
jalapenos chopped fine and add diced green chilis or Pasillo chilis (roast & peel) diced.
Couple quarts of Snappy Tom, V-8 or straight tomatoe juice...
All in a SS pot, heat to almost a boil..
Then jar & water bath to "can"

I make fresh salsa but have never made canned. I love my fresh salsa and eat and put it on everything. I like your "Texas Caviar" recipe. That sounds good. Do you use this as a salsa? or as a sauce for meats, noodles, etc?