tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post2628570364554000201..comments2024-03-29T01:32:11.509+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: How To Suck Eggs (Grandmothers please note).Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-76141467044186481182011-07-31T21:51:14.452+01:002011-07-31T21:51:14.452+01:00I used the hot water buckets method too cro
makes ...I used the hot water buckets method too cro<br />makes live easier!<br />also<br />I never bleed the hens, just tie them up and let them bleed internally into the head before gutting the next day<br /><br />simplesJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-12045880512851207992011-07-31T04:57:40.239+01:002011-07-31T04:57:40.239+01:00Wine soaked bread...I want to be free range on you...Wine soaked bread...I want to be free range on your homestead ! We are so going to try that here in Illinois. I wonder how much wine we should use for our pastured hogs prior to their trip to the locker ?Donna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-18357775510765029232011-07-31T04:01:58.532+01:002011-07-31T04:01:58.532+01:00We used to send our kids out to my in-laws' fa...We used to send our kids out to my in-laws' farm in Kansas for two weeks every summer. They learned how to do all kinds of fun farm stuff, including how to kill, pluck and dress a chicken.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-11243483899461930492011-07-30T22:22:37.625+01:002011-07-30T22:22:37.625+01:00Yes, our grandchildren always enjoyed collecting t...Yes, our grandchildren always enjoyed collecting the eggs. Mind you I remember taking some eggs down to our daughter-in-law in Auckland and when she cracked one she asked me to look at it as something was wrong. She had never seen a lovely dark yolk from a free range hen before!!!Susan Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14400003572211042194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-28389705257984516252011-07-30T20:00:22.499+01:002011-07-30T20:00:22.499+01:00Collecting eggs used to be one of my favourite job...Collecting eggs used to be one of my favourite jobs too!Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-80110519697455020522011-07-30T16:42:16.899+01:002011-07-30T16:42:16.899+01:00I think keeping chickens is the new in-thing. Ove...I think keeping chickens is the new in-thing. Over the past few years I have driven past so many homes with colorful fowl walking about.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-42905427181673682372011-07-30T15:52:45.170+01:002011-07-30T15:52:45.170+01:00The Condo coop; sounds like a brilliant idea! Buy ...The Condo coop; sounds like a brilliant idea! Buy a clipboard and collect signatures.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-2252577613181562072011-07-30T14:45:33.222+01:002011-07-30T14:45:33.222+01:00I've suggested to my neighbours that we should...I've suggested to my neighbours that we should be the first condo corp in Niagara-on-the-lake to keep chickens...didn't go over very well. Not that I will be discouraged...I've been known to win the war of attrition.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-59476401058600758002011-07-30T14:12:33.712+01:002011-07-30T14:12:33.712+01:00This post brings back memories!
When we had our ...This post brings back memories! <br />When we had our own chickens here, I was the one who would get so excited to find the eggs in the nest. I was just as much a kid about it as the kids were! <br />We would always start with a large cauldron of boiling water, whether it was pigs or hens. Nice story. Thanks. Kat from the CompoundAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-17660844922563109172011-07-30T14:02:14.239+01:002011-07-30T14:02:14.239+01:00Uh-huh. I see. The way you got your chickens souse...Uh-huh. I see. The way you got your chickens soused prior to their demiet puts a whole new spin on "coq au vin."Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-90157621572214265792011-07-30T13:45:44.941+01:002011-07-30T13:45:44.941+01:00I used to be terrified of collecting eggs...the ol...I used to be terrified of collecting eggs...the old girls would ruffle their feathers and peck at my hands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-4249418976788306422011-07-30T13:35:14.601+01:002011-07-30T13:35:14.601+01:00I've never had the chance, but I guess my gran...I've never had the chance, but I guess my grandmother hated having to pluck chickens. She would have liked your method.Amy Saiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346366018143891761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-37534927835845187372011-07-30T13:21:29.455+01:002011-07-30T13:21:29.455+01:00I hope your grandchildren appreciate how lucky the...I hope your grandchildren appreciate how lucky they are to have you and Lady M as grandparents.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-78493943454588987462011-07-30T09:31:46.899+01:002011-07-30T09:31:46.899+01:00Hello:
In our days of keeping chicken we never got...Hello:<br />In our days of keeping chicken we never got as far as eating them although what you say about plucking is of interest for, it is true, we have seen people make very heavy weather of this task.<br /><br />As for collecting the eggs, a constant delight and one of which we never tired.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-2906113031010121732011-07-30T07:15:26.324+01:002011-07-30T07:15:26.324+01:00Ah...chickens are quite the rage in Seattle these ...Ah...chickens are quite the rage in Seattle these days.<br /><br />Thought you might enjoy one of my favorite Gary Larson cartoons:<br /><br />http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z2-G8zCrlW8/SHJURVALAoI/AAAAAAAAA-c/5IjdLP_LsVs/s400/boneless.jpgT. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-79048958397707200582011-07-30T06:48:04.134+01:002011-07-30T06:48:04.134+01:00Your plucking procedure is how we do it over here ...Your plucking procedure is how we do it over here I did not know there was any other way.<br />We actually got chickens for the exact same reason,and it is the first thing the children do when they get here,it is a race in fact.carole johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05721058683205450682noreply@blogger.com