In this weeks issue I thought it prudent to reintroduce the girls of "Fuss & Feathers" homestead, some of you may have missed that issue. Blanche,Sweetpea,The Professor, Brownie, Blue, Dot, Maryann and Shelly are all doing well.
It's the hottest part of the summer here in Florida, the daily rains have let up. Chickens tend to lay less during the hottest months of the year. The hens are now about 9 months old and because they are still young they lay 20% more then they will by this time next year. The Hens egg counts will go down as they age.
Nobody's acting broody! So the family has stayed together, no incidents of having to place anyone in "solitary."
There was a attempted incident involving escape just this morning, but my faithful herding dog saved the day. The Professor escaped out the egg checking hatch while I was in the coop photographing the girls. I had left the hatch up after collecting the eggs. I saw her contemplating the escape, snapped her photo thinking I'd make it out of the coop to shoo her back in, Leghorns are nervous hens. She jumped down and the chase was on...
The Professor safely herded back into the run
The girls do have free-ranging activities durning the cooler evening time when I am present to supervise. There are just too many predators for me to just leave them outside their run.
Here's a little tidbit of information if any of you raise chickens and it's hot! I add "Save A Chick" electrolytes to their water. Doing it a couple times weekly keeps them hydrated and they lay better. It looks just like Gatorade, they don't seem to mind the orange color. I also like to provide them with fruit like watermelon and berries-yes they are spoiled.
The egg count this past week was better then last weeks, I have a total of 33. I made a nice Quiche.
The recipe this week is really simple "Egg Salad." I don't really like to cook big dinners in the summer months.
Ingredients
4 boiled eggs
1/4 cup of mayo
1 Tbsp diced dill pickles
pinch of dill
1 tsp. Yellow mustard
Salt to taste
Good soft bread
Chop the yolks and egg whites into small pieces.
Add the eggs to the mayo, diced pickles, dill, mustard, and salt and mix until smooth.
Make sure you have good fresh bread, add some lettuce or avocado to your bread. Makes two sandwiches, double recipe for 4
That's it for this weeks Chicken Gazette...🐓
