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Tabasco Jack said:
Is hoarding duck fat a thing? ;) Is this a prepper SHTF thing or just a personal quirk?
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I don't know "prepper SHTF" as a term but duck fat is delicious. It keeps well, freezes, can be reused & if there's anything better than french fries fried in duck fat or duck confit, I don't want to know.

Mylied said:
@livhatcher The duck fat made me wonder if you like pork lard too?
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Do I have a jar of bacon drippings in the fridge? Yes.
 
JennD08 said:
Hello again everyone! Things went crazy here. I homeschool and all the new curriculum arrived and my kids were so excited that I spent two weeks straight going through it all and making lesson plans. Then we started school up two weeks ago. Was a good distraction from us checking the calendar every day waiting on the first eggs.

We have now completed construction on our run - thanks to amazon the hardware cloth was about half what our local HD or TSC charge. It evolved into a 30' x 16' run that is 5'-6' tall (depending on the roll of the ground as we didn't level it).

Next project is replacing the crap coop we had bought which is already
warping and only about 3 months old. Lesson learned to not buy a prefab coop and to just build ourselves.

It has finally happened this morning!! I have no idea which lady, but we have our very first egg ever!!! It is about 1-1/2" long and my girls came running in screaming the whole way carrying the egg from letting the chickens out and feeding them this morning.

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Wow my camera is not so good - that is a bright white Kleenex

I can't say thank you enough to the group here for helping me through all my crazy as I started this whole process.
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There's nothing more exciting as getting that first egg or the second egg or the third egg...... or the hundredth egg! It's always fun!!!!
 
livhatcher said:
I don't know "prepper SHTF" as a term but duck fat is delicious. It keeps well, freezes, can be reused & if there's anything better than french fries fried in duck fat or duck confit, I don't want to know.



Do I have a jar of bacon drippings in the fridge? Yes.
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I have some unrendered lard in the freezer from one of my pig, if you want some. That's why I was asking.
 
I am hoping so!! Still anxiously awaiting to what color the EE lay. Any good ways to find out who is laying what? We have 12 ladies (was supposed to be 3-4, but y'all know how that goes). We have 4 barred rock, 3 RIR and 5 EE
 
JennD08 said:
I am hoping so!! Still anxiously awaiting to what color the EE lay. Any good ways to find out who is laying what? We have 12 ladies (was supposed to be 3-4, but y'all know how that goes). We have 4 barred rock, 3 RIR and 5 EE
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I haven't figured out a way, unless you see them laying or isolate them.
 
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My Buff Orpington is trying to go broody on me I think. I don't have any eggs for her to hatch out. If she is going to go broody and I allow it I would like something special like lavender splash or blue Orphington eggs. I don't have a lot of room for her to hatch though just got rid of a bunch of roos and would need to get rid of my spent hens but it's hard to let them go because there so cuddly. I'm getting some Silkies in about a month and have plenty of room for them. I have the hatch itch but need to lay off. So I busied myself with pictures of my current Orphington chicks this morning and tried not to think about it. It's hard to say stop.
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