Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Canadian Wind]

BYC could do with a "yum" reaction emoji for all of this tasty food speak!

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Ex Batts good morning one and all!

Tea is ready and good.

Temperature is in the 80s partly sunny with 25% chance of rain.

Have a great day!

 

[notabitail]

Speaking of food, here's a story:

One day, I made a turkey sandwich for lunch with mayo on it. Perfectly crafted by me. Well, I was eating it, and the chooks were free ranging right outside my door. I shooed them away from me. But one of them, specifically In Albis, snuck up, and flew right under my arm, grabbed a piece of turkey, ran outside, and got chased by her sisters.

So much for my sandwich.

 

[SimpleJenn]

@Shadrach what was Mr Henry saying here?

 

[notabitail]

@Shadrach what was Mr Henry saying here?
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"YOU DON'T GIVE US YOUR FOOD! BAD SHAD!'

 

[BDutch]

@Shadrach what was Mr Henry saying here?
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Just telling you my dear bucket boy, these ladies are all mine! And you know it.

 

[Shadrach]

BYC could do with a "yum" reaction emoji for all of this tasty food speak!

Henry looks surprised by something, or was he just being chatty?

He's been very chatty recently. I think it has something to do with the pullets maturing.

 

[Shadrach]

@Shadrach what was Mr Henry saying here?
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I don't know. He's been very talkative lately.

 

[Shadrach]

Here in the UK the mainstream current healthy diet advice is to avoid processed foods, all soft drinks including "health" drinks. Eat five portions of fruit/veg a day, don't eat takeaways, don't eat sweets, avoid pastries.

There are lots of fringe diets, almost endless it seems, some of which are designed to combat particular health problems and some that are just downright dangerous.
Fussy about food is in part the consequence of affluence. Most of the world eats what they can get/afford.

Collecting what I consider possibly effective from the various diet advice I've read, I avoid seed oils, eat more beans, use more spices and herbs, keep the saturated fats to a minimum especially if one eats red meat. Drink water like it's going out of stock.
Eat more salads with as large a variety of leaves one can and make dressings with herbs and spices.

Sounds much like free range chicken feeding to me, apart from I've never seen a chicken knocking back a tin of Red Bull.

I'm on rustic Italian cooking currently for dinners. I've made a deal with my eldest for her and her husband to come around for dinner once a week and I'll try not to poison them. I'm hoping this will help sustain my wavering new found interest in cooking.

 

[Sally PB]

Drink water like it's going out of stock.

How much water to drink? This is what I've heard:

Divide your weight in pounds by 2. That's how many fluid ounces of water you should drink every day.