What did you do with your flock today?

[Shetland lover]

Good news! This morning Pepper had no odor or discharge, and her vent looked pretty normal. I think I'll treat her one more day with the antifungal. She turned her beak up at the cracked corn this morning, so later I got the regular feed, dampened it so she wouldn't flick it out of the bowl. She filled up her crop, pronto. Talking more as well. Will keep her separated for another week, and will give her exposure back with the flock if her vent stays normal for the next few days. So glad these past 2 weeks are done.
8 eggs today! Filled feeders. Cock E attacked the feed bag again. Those boys sure have some powerful kicks! They'd make great futbol/soccer players if one could train them.

That's awesome news - great job with her! Here's to her continued recovery

 

[Shetland lover]

Terrific!!! Great job @PopoMyers

@ChicksnMore you are so fun and amazing!

I still make my rice in a fancy pot
Works perfect everytime!

Photo shoot of the boys this eveView attachment 3424318View attachment 3424319

So handsome!
Do they always get on well?

 

[PopoMyers]

We have very limited kitchen space so every appliance i buy has to really earn it's spot. I use my Instant Pot for cooking rice and find that pretty good but is a rice cooker better? My Thai friend recommended i get one. We do eat a lot of rice but I'm not sure i can justify the space it will take up. What do you guys think?

My kitchen counter space is limited as well. This house was built in 1986, with a kitchen for yuppies. The important daily used appliances get to have counter space. The others get put elsewhere, or away. Does your instant pot have a non-stick pot? If not, and you eat rice daily, I'd use the rice cooker if it has a non-stick pot. I grew up scrubbing a stainless steel rice pot almost daily. Not my idea of fun. My 10 cup rice cooker has been replaced by the 3.5 cup, until my grandson gets here. My rice cooker keeps it warm without drying it out, and I also use it to cook other things, like quinoa, or keeping a smaller amount of something warm.

 

[PopoMyers]

That's awesome news - great job with her! Here's to her continued recovery

Thank you, and thanks to you and your awesome advice and help. I appreciate you!

 

[ChicksnMore]

We used to buy rice cake from the Chinese bakery. Is it white with holes, like a sponge, but made with rice, yeast, sugar and water?

This kind is made from sweet rice flour with fruits and nuts mixed in. Not fluffy at all. It's dense, chewy and delicious. You can buy it premade but the store kind always has sugar added...it's so much better without that.

Iri sounds just adorable! I can just picture her gambolling across the fields... does she chase cloud shadows too? Or just butterfly shadows?

Just butterfly shadows! She's so gentle towards them...it's very sweet. Bees on the other hand she has a vendetta with. She wants to kill every bee she can.

We have very limited kitchen space so every appliance i buy has to really earn it's spot. I use my Instant Pot for cooking rice and find that pretty good but is a rice cooker better? My Thai friend recommended i get one. We do eat a lot of rice but I'm not sure i can justify the space it will take up. What do you guys think?

I had a Japanese brand rice cooker for years. I only used it for grains, but could cook quinoa, sorghum....all kinds of grains and it cooks perfect. This new one is a cuckoo brand and does both pressure cooking and non-pressure. You can cook anything in it that can be cooked in a rice cooker, instant pot or slow cooker. It's a 10c so just a tad bigger then my old rice pot, but excited with how many devices it can function as. Still think the price is outrageous, but mom being mom...she got it on a good sale. $120 off!

 

[ChicksnMore]

I had some Spangle oegb eggs in the incubator for a fellow and they've hatched. I'm always amazed at how tiny their chicks are...like serama tiny. They're more delicate too. I've never inbred them...all my birds are from the original hatchery purchase. But think if I want to keep keeping them, I need to buy more from either another hatchery or someone local if I can find them. I sure love them though so I might someday.

 

[TropicalBabies]

So handsome!
Do they always get on well?

So far so good. They are semi rescues and it is just the two living up Koke'e.

I was happy when I checked on them that they had plenty food in the feeder still. I topped it again.
I got the photos I needed to post them.
Do you folks have guesses on their breeds? We are limited here as to what egg laying breeds we can get for the most part, like the basics. Exceptions, yes but not common. I have a few thoughts but would love to hear what you folks think.

 

[TropicalBabies]

@PopoMyers what is a yuppy kitchen? Extra cabinets for wine glasses, an electric stove so you wont burn the sweater tied around your neck, nooks and crannies for glasses and tennis rackets? I give up. WHAT is a yuppy kitchen?

 

[Shetland lover]

My kitchen counter space is limited as well. This house was built in 1986, with a kitchen for yuppies. The important daily used appliances get to have counter space. The others get put elsewhere, or away. Does your instant pot have a non-stick pot? If not, and you eat rice daily, I'd use the rice cooker if it has a non-stick pot. I grew up scrubbing a stainless steel rice pot almost daily. Not my idea of fun. My 10 cup rice cooker has been replaced by the 3.5 cup, until my grandson gets here. My rice cooker keeps it warm without drying it out, and I also use it to cook other things, like quinoa, or keeping a smaller amount of something warm.

Our house was built in 1890 and has a tiny 1980s kitchen extension and one work bench! I have both a non-stick and stainless steel liner for my Instant Pot. We eat rice about 4 days a week so it's probably not worth getting a separate rice cooker if I can do the same job in my Instant Pot. Thank you.

 

[Shetland lover]

Thank you, and thanks to you and your awesome advice and help. I appreciate you!

Aww,. Thank you but you anf Pepper did all the hard work