Marguerite
Active Member
G'day, people.
We're about to head for mother in law's to cook dinner. She made macca cheese last night, a lot is left over. She makes a good macca cheese but for me it is a dietary disaster so I can't eat it. So I made a chicken risotto as well (almost as bad for me) and a lot of THAT is left over too. That and some steak which we've been defrosting all afternoon, is dinner tonight.
Today was a public holiday and we mostly stayed home. But I finally thought, after yesterday's morning thread, that it was time we bought the young chickens we need, now our geriatric inmates of the henhouse are reduced to two (the others all having died off in old age). Our hens are so old that on the rare occasions an egg gets laid, they look shocked and surprised.
We bought four hens, they've previously been in cages all their lives. it will take them a few days to realise that feeling ground under their feet is normal. Watching them trying to perch this afternoon was a worry - I should have taken photos. These hens are 18 months old and were about to get the chop from the battery chicken farm they came from. They cost me $3 each. The petrol to drive there and back would have cost more, but they were still a bargain. They are lovely, brown hens. Our two previous residents, Speckles and Shelley (called that because she has tortoiseshell markings on her plumage) have been looking outraged at the invasion. But I'm counting on them to teach the newcomers how to scratch for snails and worms.
To get the hens, we had to drive 50 minutes each way through the forest on the south road. difficult child 3 drove, mother in law came for the ride as did husband. We told difficult child 3 on the way back that he had to drive gently, he had another four passengers who, in their cage, were not wearing seat belts!
Tomorrow morning we will see how stressed the birds are. With luck, we will have eggs!
Enjoy your Monday.
Marg
We're about to head for mother in law's to cook dinner. She made macca cheese last night, a lot is left over. She makes a good macca cheese but for me it is a dietary disaster so I can't eat it. So I made a chicken risotto as well (almost as bad for me) and a lot of THAT is left over too. That and some steak which we've been defrosting all afternoon, is dinner tonight.
Today was a public holiday and we mostly stayed home. But I finally thought, after yesterday's morning thread, that it was time we bought the young chickens we need, now our geriatric inmates of the henhouse are reduced to two (the others all having died off in old age). Our hens are so old that on the rare occasions an egg gets laid, they look shocked and surprised.
We bought four hens, they've previously been in cages all their lives. it will take them a few days to realise that feeling ground under their feet is normal. Watching them trying to perch this afternoon was a worry - I should have taken photos. These hens are 18 months old and were about to get the chop from the battery chicken farm they came from. They cost me $3 each. The petrol to drive there and back would have cost more, but they were still a bargain. They are lovely, brown hens. Our two previous residents, Speckles and Shelley (called that because she has tortoiseshell markings on her plumage) have been looking outraged at the invasion. But I'm counting on them to teach the newcomers how to scratch for snails and worms.
To get the hens, we had to drive 50 minutes each way through the forest on the south road. difficult child 3 drove, mother in law came for the ride as did husband. We told difficult child 3 on the way back that he had to drive gently, he had another four passengers who, in their cage, were not wearing seat belts!
Tomorrow morning we will see how stressed the birds are. With luck, we will have eggs!
Enjoy your Monday.
Marg
Good Monday - No Meltdown Monday!
