Hi Ted!
Long time no chat, indeed! Life drew me away from BYC and I only started visiting again recently, after I lost my flock in early March. It's been a series of ups and downs over here. I've crammed all my chicken notes into a file and might make an article about what my flock taught me...
The cracked egg is definitely a no-no. As for the rest of the bucket, if it smells musty, it's the hydrated lime. If there's another smell on it, it might be better to get rid of the eggs. It sucks, but it's better to be safe than sorry...
If we knew which commercial hens went with Mouche's father, it'd be easier to get an idea of her plumage inheritance lol.
So, to get Carmen again I'd need to go with a white roo over an autosomal mom, then breed the F1 chick (pullet or cockerel?) with a mahogany chicken? The Chantecler is...
Not right now as my life is very busy, but eventually? Yeah, I could try, though the bulk of my information (the facts and interesting bits) is already written above. There's not much else to show outside of the paper sheets I used to note down when my hens laid eggs. They don't all have perfect...
So, a White Chantecler roo x Silver-Laced Wyandotte hen mix for Mouche? But then, where would the lack of weight come from? Her parents are big birds, and she's twice lighter than them.
I LOVE Carmen's plumage! I so wish I could recreate that, too. But what do you mean by she's pure for...
Hello! Sorry for the very long wait after reaching out to me in a PM, I was very busy and kind of went radio-silent, lol.
Where to start? My favorite hobby was to note down the days on which my hens laid eggs, and I accumulated 5 years' worth of data this way. I learned so much from doing this...
If I had to take a guess, it's to replace the butter in the recipe. I use coconut oil in most of the meals I make, so it's probably what happened here too.
Ah ok!
For my part I put my oldest eggs (ranging from two weeks old to month-old cold refrigerated eggs, depending on how fast I consume them) in the pot and bring the water to a boil. Once the water boils I lower the heat to medium (half-power), put the lid sideways on the pot and set the...
Do you bathe the eggs in cold water? Put them in the fridge for X minutes before peeling? Or do you let them cool down to room temperature? What do you do to safely peel them without burning your fingers, after taking them out of the oven?
Do you have any specific sites where we can go check out almond and coconut recipes? For my part I'm not that much familiar with social media sites so I'm not sure where to look... ^^;
I did not even know we needed to add baking soda to the boiling water to make eggs easier to peel xD
My region boils eggs in the water for 15 minutes, with nothing added to the mix. When the boiling time is over they dump the hot eggs in cold water and let rest for 5 minutes, occasionally...