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lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 5059
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Wed May 14, 08 11:36 am Post subject:

Chez wrote:

All 'traditional' utility breeds take longer than purpose-bread hybrids to get to a killing weight. Marans are supposed to be good egg layers and good meat birds - nice white flesh, apparently?

Yes---the ones we've eaten cooked beautifully---the legs were meatier than the breasts ---but they are cockrells---and it's taste I'm after---I'm going to swap half the new females for half of last years hens---so I'll know what they are like as boiling fowl as well later.

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9881
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Wed May 14, 08 1:56 pm Post subject:
so thats sheep and goats - what next?

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Wed May 14, 08 3:45 pm Post subject:

colour it green wrote:

so thats sheep and goats - what next?

Goats, GOATS - I thought I got chickens?

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 5059
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Wed May 14, 08 3:49 pm Post subject:
I'd love a Golden Guernsey.

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9881
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Wed May 14, 08 9:57 pm Post subject:

Green Rosie wrote:

colour it green wrote:

so thats sheep and goats - what next?

Goats, GOATS - I thought I got chickens?

good grief.. I thought chickens.. and typed goats...

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Wed May 14, 08 9:59 pm Post subject:

colour it green wrote:

Green Rosie wrote:

colour it green wrote:

so thats sheep and goats - what next?

Goats, GOATS - I thought I got chickens?

good grief.. I thought chickens.. and typed goats...

Actually it might have been younger boy sending out subliminal messages - he keeps asking for a goat

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Wed May 28, 08 8:22 pm Post subject:
Yay - the man we bought the chooks from said we'd get our first eggs in 15 days - and 15 days later we got our first egg Since then we have had a total of 4 - (3 small and one large.) I'm so proud of my girls

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9881
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Wed May 28, 08 11:11 pm Post subject:
lovely. be making lemon curd next.. and needing one of them skelter things...

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Thu May 29, 08 7:10 am Post subject:

colour it green wrote:

lovely. be making lemon curd next.. and needing one of them skelter things...

Egg skelter on birthday present list .....

Tradbritfowlco

Joined: 15 Feb 2007
Posts: 526

Posted: Thu May 29, 08 7:38 am Post subject:
you'll also be having fried egg butties, scrambled eggs, omlettes and baked egg custard for afters when you have 119 to get through like I did on monday Luckily I've managed to swap 20 for a bag of mince so I get a bit of a change on saturday....

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Fri May 30, 08 3:15 pm Post subject:
I'm also thinking decadent cakes that need 8 eggs, meringue, cheesecake, eggs flamenco, souffl�s, bread and butter pudding, egg curry........ and likewise I plan to be doing swaps with them. So what are you going to do with the mince then?

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Fri May 30, 08 3:18 pm Post subject:
Scotch Eggs?

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Fri May 30, 08 3:20 pm Post subject:
Do you need to deep fry them? I don't do deep frying

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 5059
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Fri May 30, 08 7:59 pm Post subject:

Green Rosie wrote:

Do you need to deep fry them? I don't do deep frying

No I put various coats on them and traybake in the oven---I've given up deep frying as well.

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 08 8:16 am Post subject:

lottie wrote:

Green Rosie wrote:

Do you need to deep fry them? I don't do deep frying

No I put various coats on them and traybake in the oven---I've given up deep frying as well.

Barbours, fleeces, macs?........

- sorry - off to work in the garden now.
Seriously through - what has worked the best?

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