tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post5108018769596706725..comments2023-10-11T11:42:47.834+01:00Comments on purple podded peas: An oeuf is an oeufCelia Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12776686088752602321noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-90448520578320864302011-03-01T09:29:46.400+00:002011-03-01T09:29:46.400+00:00i know this was posted a while ago now. however th...i know this was posted a while ago now. however this really made me smile.organic Slice of Lifehttp://organicsliceoflife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-83011123762596255092011-01-19T14:01:11.121+00:002011-01-19T14:01:11.121+00:00Good to hear Ginger is back on form again. Your o...Good to hear Ginger is back on form again. Your own hens' eggs are so special. You have a sort of symbiotic relationship with them. You feed them, they feed you.Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12841961223771293021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-90491255939038934622011-01-19T10:31:06.363+00:002011-01-19T10:31:06.363+00:00Ooh, good for her! Something to celebrate for sure...Ooh, good for her! Something to celebrate for sure!!<br /><br />We have somewhere around 100+ banty chickens (I try not to count too often..... haha!) of which probably a good 1/4 are roosters. What always amazes me with this number of chickens is we go through Feast or Famine with them. Either no one is laying, and we have 0 eggs coming in, or they all decide to go for it and we are getting 20+ eggs a day (which still is not tons for how many chickens we have......). So now we are on a feast period, and have no chance of keeping up with 20+ eggs a day! Its like zucchini, everyone we know doesn't have a chance of getting anywhere near us without getting at least a dozen eggs. <br /><br />I am so glad Ginger is feeling better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-91875112765423969122011-01-18T13:35:01.962+00:002011-01-18T13:35:01.962+00:00yes. while the colour is wonderful, i just can'...yes. while the colour is wonderful, i just can't get past the texture of a runny egg.petoskystonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01633621111274495078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-25325083991507969512011-01-18T09:55:02.306+00:002011-01-18T09:55:02.306+00:00Woooh lots of comments!
Thank you everyone - I...Woooh lots of comments!<br /><br />Thank you everyone - I'll try to answer some of your questions...<br /><br />Petoskystone - ? sushi-chicken? do you mean runny egg?<br /><br />Frances - egg poaching is a doddle with really fresh eggs, they stay in a neat little orb in the boiling water - no tricks or gadgets required ;-)<br /><br />Dom - if you get hens and the Viking refuses to eat their eggs but still eats bought ones, he's a fool! Get him to read Hazel's comment.<br /><br />Wendy - really interesting, thank you.<br /><br />Mavis - I knew someone would mention the pelvic bones! If you gently hold a hen you can feel the bones through her feathers - no indignity involved, promise!<br /><br />Thank you Terry :-)<br /><br />Hazel - welcome to PPPs :-) I never enjoyed poached eggs until we started keeping our own hens - you are bang on there! The Spice Girls are hybrids - Araucana x Crested Cream Legbar (possibly the same as barred leghorns?). Cochin cockerels are lovely big placid boys - lucky you! Our cockerel is a Lavender Araucana and he's definitely not cuddly!!!<br /><br /><br />Celia<br />xCelia Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776686088752602321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-43283997627514580382011-01-18T00:23:28.069+00:002011-01-18T00:23:28.069+00:00You are SO right...eggs from happy chooks taste so...You are SO right...eggs from happy chooks taste so much better. I have vowed never to eat eggs when i am out now (unless they are in things of course). I was wondering what sort of hens yours are. I have three coloured or barred leghorns and a couple of yours look the same. I also have a Cochin rooster and he is a devine character. There are a couple of Isa Browns in the flock and I have just added 6 cross breeds.Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16577208643431414375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-68650731219457176952011-01-17T20:39:35.193+00:002011-01-17T20:39:35.193+00:00Hoorah for the Spice girls especially Ginger!!! Wh...Hoorah for the Spice girls especially Ginger!!! What a beauty her first egg was, good for her!!<br />Wrote about your seed giving tonight - mwagh and hugs<br />I do not want to know more about 'lash' thank you ;)Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475182740888543862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-67288065184240469112011-01-17T16:05:58.139+00:002011-01-17T16:05:58.139+00:00Three cheers for Ginger! (and the poached-egg co...Three cheers for Ginger! (and the poached-egg cook) Our silly hens decided to moult as soon as the snow arrived, just when they could do with the feathers. Our post-moult eggs are miles bigger than previously. I think we have the occasional 'lash' without any ill-effects.Chrissiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09638424388530718289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-14449001804844873902011-01-17T15:23:29.538+00:002011-01-17T15:23:29.538+00:00I am so pleased to hear that Ginger not only ralli...I am so pleased to hear that Ginger not only rallied, but is not laying eggs! In the winter, when eggs are precious, I too eat them poached - its eggs at their eggiest.Terry Golsonhttp://www.hencam.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-79040799432818883152011-01-17T00:16:35.216+00:002011-01-17T00:16:35.216+00:00Just a thimbleful...
Oh come on, examining her pe...Just a thimbleful...<br /><br />Oh come on, examining her pelvic bones? Poor old thing, what indignity!<br /><br />We had a boiled egg this morning, but ours came from Dirty Dora.<br /><br />Don't ask.Mavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10510316697012282208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-15653743175486866642011-01-17T00:10:24.290+00:002011-01-17T00:10:24.290+00:00Oh, how utterly delicious. I buy farm eggs all t...Oh, how utterly delicious. I buy farm eggs all the time, but hope to have hens in the spring.From Beyond My Kitchen Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10748389222000989848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-39044533504945523102011-01-17T00:03:51.048+00:002011-01-17T00:03:51.048+00:00Oh Celia, my mouth is watering, i loooooove poache...Oh Celia, my mouth is watering, i loooooove poached eggs. I know what's on the menu for lunch.<br />Funny how moments like this can be so eggciting,(it was worth using again).<br />So glad Ginger Spice is better and laying again.<br />Keeping hens/chooks is such a rewarding experience.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09742003349610251189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-77787030922152873502011-01-16T23:08:45.650+00:002011-01-16T23:08:45.650+00:00Must be catching! We had our first blue egg on Sat...Must be catching! We had our first blue egg on Saturday.<br />Big Girl the six year-old Dotte lays a lash every year during the moult and it's never seemed to bother her. It's easily confused with a long thick shed of gut lining, which can be an indicator of E.coli infection, which very much bothers them - I wonder if this was Ginger's problem?<br />Best thing for this is a five day course of Baytril - I find a 15mg tablet (which is practically microscopic) fits nicely into a sultana and is a good dose for a nice fat hen!<br />Good to hear she's on the mend. A bit of sunshine always helps too.Wendyhttp://www.hensinthegarden.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-51968470869208881752011-01-16T21:25:30.635+00:002011-01-16T21:25:30.635+00:00Oh what a story! Congratulations on your new lease...Oh what a story! Congratulations on your new lease of life, Ginger and to you, Celia for a blommin' delicious-looking breakfast. You've made me hungry!silverpebblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456289271322986540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-10341076465604760852011-01-16T20:09:55.160+00:002011-01-16T20:09:55.160+00:00How lovely to get blue eggs! My girls lay brown on...How lovely to get blue eggs! My girls lay brown ones but don't ever really stop laying, so I shouldn't complain!<br />I fancy a poached egg now!dragonflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956813648763032057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-44619365028266159372011-01-16T19:45:07.480+00:002011-01-16T19:45:07.480+00:00good old Ginger!... i wants hens!!!!... we been bu...good old Ginger!... i wants hens!!!!... we been busy negotiating with our neighbours for some of their land and the moment they buckle we'll be getting some hens... although The Viking still insists he couldn't eat one of our actuals hens eggs... the fool...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431297921869969693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-68136036775299026432011-01-16T17:07:10.036+00:002011-01-16T17:07:10.036+00:00Your hens are so lovingly looked after Celia. Gin...Your hens are so lovingly looked after Celia. Ginger Spice's recovery back to egg-laying is tribute to that!<br /><br />And those eggs do look yummy!<br /><br />Jeanne<br />xReading Tea Leaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16928999793157507134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-80319808444944708082011-01-16T16:55:55.376+00:002011-01-16T16:55:55.376+00:00I'm missing my hens lovely golden eggs. They s...I'm missing my hens lovely golden eggs. They still haven't started laying after there winter moult but hopefully it won't be long now...Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511795931503131710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-31409393496713445142011-01-16T16:01:09.840+00:002011-01-16T16:01:09.840+00:00Those eggs look good! There is obviously I lot I c...Those eggs look good! There is obviously I lot I could learn about hen keeping from you. I'm never entirely sure which of mine are laying or not... but they all seem fairly happy and healthy which is the main thing. We have had some very odd shaped eggs from one of them though!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689402000429710324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-55251337210760465742011-01-16T15:53:46.917+00:002011-01-16T15:53:46.917+00:00What a geat post and so pleased that Ginger is obv...What a geat post and so pleased that Ginger is obviously well. So envious as my girls are not laying yet, I keep telling them that they are welcome to get on with it! My oldest hen is 8 yrs old and survived a stoat attack so never give up on them xxChicken loverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14118591817977010811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-30281920873100446012011-01-16T15:34:19.061+00:002011-01-16T15:34:19.061+00:00That's so good that she's recovered that m...That's so good that she's recovered that much. The eggs look yummy.Suhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-20905963591281012172011-01-16T15:27:33.334+00:002011-01-16T15:27:33.334+00:00I'm happy to hear she's "back in busi...I'm happy to hear she's "back in business" & and your breakfast looks delicious! The more I read and hear about chickens, the more I want some! Have a wonderful Sunday!<br /><br />MaryOcean Breezes and Country Sneezeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13553409790617039932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-27359208840727925472011-01-16T14:58:35.479+00:002011-01-16T14:58:35.479+00:00Happy New Year to Ginger, and everyone else round ...Happy New Year to Ginger, and everyone else round your place.<br /><br />Those delicately colored egg shells are beautiful little sculptures! We never see their like at the local markets...even the farmers markets seem to offer only brown eggs as an alternative to "eggshell white."<br /><br />I also admire your egg poaching technique!<br /><br />xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-20808481844487588672011-01-16T14:23:55.733+00:002011-01-16T14:23:55.733+00:00There's nothing better than eggs from your own...There's nothing better than eggs from your own chickens. I'm thinking of getting a few again next month if our old hen house is still useable.Fionahttp://www.tizduster.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-23910682921163788872011-01-16T13:40:38.498+00:002011-01-16T13:40:38.498+00:00how lovely that ginger is feeling better! lovely p...how lovely that ginger is feeling better! lovely photos, even though eating sushi-chicken is not my first choice. ;)petoskystonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01633621111274495078noreply@blogger.com