Oh no No egg yolks

(Allie) #41

I already had to get a second one :joy:
Gave six away this morning too, and boiled ten yesterday for Chunk to have as treats.

(Allie) #42

Yes theyā€™re egg-skelters but the smaller one isnā€™t up to the large eggs my girls make, they donā€™t roll down it :joy:

(Hyperbole- best thing in the universe!) #43

You go, girls!

(Bob M) #44

Where I am, you could sell a dozen of those for $5.

Weā€™ve thought of getting chickens, but we have too many predators (hawks, owls, bobcats, raccoons, foxes, etc.). Everyone we know who has had chickens lost them at some point due to predators.

(Susan) #45

How is Maud doing? Will she be able to ever lay again?

(Allie) #46

Thatā€™s a major issue yes, even here many people have lost them to foxes, mink, polecats, even big rats. Iā€™m very lucky that my Chunk protects his hens, I think just the smell of him keeps predators away.

(Allie) #47

Sheā€™s not herself but seems happy enough, just lots quieter and more submissive. The implant will put her off lay for anything between two and six months, then we will see if sheā€™s been able to heal her body enough or if she needs more of a rest with a second implant.

Sheā€™s growing beautiful new feathers which couldnā€™t happen if her body was making eggs still. Iā€™m hoping one implant is enough so she can get back to being herself, but if she needs another so be it x

(Susan) #48

Awww, okay, well that sounds like she is getting healthier with the new feathers, at least, so that is good =).

(Allie) #49

Yes it is definitely the right thing for her for the moment.

(Susan) #50

That is great =) and Chunk is the ultimate body guard, that is spectacular =).

(Bob M) #51

Yeah, our neighbor who has chickens also has a big dog thatā€™s protective of them. Iā€™m not sure how the other neighbors do it (there are at least a handful more around who have chickens).

(Hyperbole- best thing in the universe!) #52

Keep 'em in the chicken run.

(Jane) #53

My egg skelter is on our kitchen island, which Iā€™ve moved the bar stools away from to keep our new kitty Katy off of so she doesnā€™t knock it over and bust all the eggs. I guess if she figures out how to get up there the next step is the top of the fridge, in the fridge or the utility room which we keep closed off.

Oh @ctviggen - the skelter sorts the eggs - oldest at the bottom - so you are using the oldest first.

(April Harkness) #54

I have a zero score Calcium scan to show Dr. Damn OZ. I eat 4 eggs DAILY. ( I eat all the egg. HEck, I sometimes even eat the duck and chicken whole inside the EGG.)

(Jane) #55

We have all those predators plus coyotes. We have an armored coop, an outer run totally enclosed including the top they are let out into during the day.

We only let them free range when we are down in the meadow with them. When we go inside, they go back into their outer run with 7-ft fencing and bird netting on the top. Locked into their coop every night.

knock on wood havenā€™t lost one yet.

(Brian) #56

Dr. Ozā€¦ owned by Oprah. He says what heā€™s told. Sometimes you get the idea from his tone of voice that he doesnā€™t always agree with what he is saying but I imagine heā€™d be in a difficult place if his association with Oprah went away.

#57

I wouldnā€™t take anything Dr. Oz. says too seriously. He has evolved into a TV ā€œpopā€ doctor.
Egg yolks have a lot of excellent nutrients in them.

(KCKO, KCFO šŸ„„) #58

So he earns those eggy treats. Good dog!

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #59

This sounds like standard vegan propaganda. Remember that this is based on the Seventh-Day Adventist doctrine that meat inflames the passions and therefore should be avoided at all costs.

I once was a Puritan who believed that the body was evil and our flesh needed to be mortified. I have abandoned this false doctrine and now embrace the idea that God created the human body as a good thing, and so I eat what it needs to be truly healthy. Let them call me a glutton and immoral; I no longer care.

And a quick search for choline on PubMed shows no articles describing deleterious effects, only articles about the benefits of choline.

(Eric - The patient needs to be patient!) #60

thanks Paulā€¦ Had two eggs this am with some smoked salmon + cream cheese on the side this morning. A decidedly not IF day.