The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: bigchicken on January 01, 2012, 04:25:28 pm
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My banties surprised me today, They were laying 1 or 2 eggs a day but today I got 7 must be this warm weather, on the way back home I noticed that some bits of broom were flowering. The weather is playing tricks on us.
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Some of ours have started as well -far too early as we have no market for them until the tourist season starts in Easter. Mind you, we have February to get through first!
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Gorse flowering here as well.
Might go and pick some and brew up a batch of wine!
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Mmmmmm ! never tasted that before did you know that I am a the self appointed home brew, wine tasted on this site and would love to give you a completely unbiased opinion.
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I'm fed up of eggs already, 6-8 a day from my 14 chooks. a box is going to have to be set up at the road end! the weather is fearfully warm here in aberdeenshire. the grass is still growing. Saves a fortune on hay though which is a much enjoyed bonus!
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still had strawberries growing here in December, only the odd one here and there but still!
getting 5 eggs a day from ours and people have actually stopped coming to buy for the winter because i was turning them away so need to get word out that I've got a fair few this week ;)
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I've had a couple of 7 egg days and like others I'm without customers just now as what I sell is limited to folk at my courses (start 9 Jan) and my neighbours who are away til 15th :o I've about 3 dozen and am eating 3 a day but that's my limit ::)
I've seen gorse flowering and also I have bulbs up and a couple of bushes are coming out - but we're due snow so I assume it'll all go back a bit again..
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Two years ago we had so many eggs in early March we scrambled them and fed them back to the hens.
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I can't keep with the eggs off my lot, they gone mad. Lost one our original flock today, a little ex-batt girl Paxo. Still, she's had a wonderful free few years with us. Bought some beautiful Pekins today, some only 2 weeks. Got silver partridge, golden partridge and some cuckoos. :love:
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currently sat here googling eggs recipes ::) and yes, I found one for egg soap (!) but even I can't bring myself to do that one ;)
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Sorry that sounds horrible :D
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Could aways try storing the excess eggs for cooking later as they used to in jars in a 'waterglass' solution -Sodium Silicate I think dissolved in boiled water and allowed to cool. They used to store Autumn eggs for use in Winter, or even for sale, as prices were much higher. This is before the days of Hybrids and electric lighting, when all hens used to stop for moulting and over Winter. Very important to only use clean, unwashed and undamaged eggs as one going off wrecked the batch. So about a dozen maximum placed very very carefully in each jar before covering with solution by about 3".
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I discovered waffles recently. Like pancakes, but lots of sugar and at least 3 eggs if not more. The kids are wild about them, as are the adults (waffles, bacon, maple syrup and squirty cream - the breakfast of kings) and it uses lots of eggs. When I'm struggling it's meringues and custard. :yum:
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You can always freeze them!
When I have a surplus I freeze them for savoury dishes, beaten with a little salt........
and for cake -making (I make a lot during December/Feb when I don't normally have any egg production) beaten with sugar. I beat 4 duck eggs with 4 ozs sugar and freeze in lidded pots. I know exactly how much is in each one and subtract the sugar from whichever recipe I'm using. The eggs can come out a little darker (not a lot), just beat them lightly and off you go..................................