PRACTICAL PARSIMONY: Hens' Dinner Tonight--Free

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Hens' Dinner Tonight--Free

like a pancake/cookie that is baked in the oven

1/3 will be dinner for two hens tonight

I took eggs that were about to be old and some free cornmeal, mixed it, sprinkled crushed eggs on top, and baked it on parchment paper on a broiler pan. It was like a huge cookie or pancake. I measured nothing since the consistency did not matter. I did put about a tsp of salt since chickens need salt and salty is delicious to their palates.

I wished I had taken a video of the hens attacking their dinner.

Update: He came here today, May 16, and is disappointed no one else commented. I am not talking bad about him. He is proud of his creations and knows how I laugh at them. He is the type man that makes you want to cook for him.

Your turn.
Do you feed your hens free food? What food not bought do you feed your hens? Do you grown crops especially for your hens? I count feeding stuff you grow as free food.

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Mamma BearMay 15, 2013 at 8:06 AM
LOL....I read this as Here's Dinner tonight and had to take a second look!

My chickens get all kinds of food scraps and leftovers when I clean the refrige....that is until the piggies came along and now they get to share. I also give them whey when I make cheese.They love that stuff and the high protein keeps me in lots of eggs.
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LindaMay 15, 2013 at 9:45 AM
Mamma Bear,
I misread post titles all the time! It makes for weird moments.

So, you do like I do and feed NO commercial chicken feed, ever? Mine get scraps every day. Thankfully, there are no piggies to get I first. I have never made cheese, but they would love whey, I am sure. My hens do love yogurt. They look so funny with yogurt face.
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LindaMay 16, 2013 at 8:56 PM
This all sounds really great and healthful for your animals. What is the name of the company and where is it, if you don't mind telling me. I hate to give my hens medications or hormones. It is amazing that better food leads to better production in terms of milk and eggs. The hens, cows, and pigs must be very happy animals. Thanks for the information.
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LindaMay 17, 2013 at 1:01 PM
Mamma Bear,
That sounds like a very interesting place. Thanks.
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Fancy is my favorite hen. She is one of the three youngest hens I adopted. Because she is so gentle and friendly, she may be the one I rescued when she was being pecked to death after she could no longer stand. She got to live in the house in a box. Sometimes, I let her sit in my lap while she was convalescing. Now, she comes to sit in the swing with me, cuddling up to my body like a cat or dog. She died in February 2012.

Fancy follows me begging, complaining, needing me to do for her. She talks to me in various voices. She allows me to pick her up and carry her. When she became an adult, her head was a darker red and her body was light brown. Around her neck were tips of black feathers. It appeared she had a necklace of jet around her neck. When I showed this characteristic to a friend, he said, "Oh, you have fancy chickens and plain chickens."

Chessie has a broken toe. I broke it! She had a habit of jumping really high and almost sticking. A raccoon ate her in October 2009.

Thelma is the blonde. She is also the largest hen and the alpha hen. I suspect the gigantic eggs are from her. She often squats and presents herself to me. She is top hen, but I suspect she knows she had better be deferent to top feeder of the flock--me.

Louise is the auburn-feathered hen. She looks like the true Rhode Island Reds in pictures. She is almost as large as Thelma. Some days I suspect she is trying to be top chicken. When I got Pepper, I found out Louise is the Alpha hen.

Pepper came here from the same home as the first four. We were discussing putting red pepper on their food, wondering if it really would increase egg production. Pepper is the only name we agreed on. She is terrorized each day by Louise. Even after the worst was over, she was and is still filled with terror and very wary.

Linda is owned by four hens. They allow her to fetch for them. She loves them dearly, so she allows them to boss her around. Linda comes out in the rain to perform chores for them and make sure they have food and water. She begs scraps from all sorts of places to make sure they have fresh fruits and vegetables.

Parsimony is not a vegetable

Parsimony is extreme care in spending money. Stick around and learn about my random thoughts on accomplishing goals economically--dumpster diving aka safari, gleaning, do-it-yourself, sewing tips, recipes, and whatever is happening in my life.

Okay so maybe "parsimony" is not your thing. How about thrift, frugality or just plain saving money? I try not to go the tightwad route as that seems to imply others will suffer from my habits.

Some of my not-spending habits have very much been a part of my lifelong habits. Other habits are newly acquired and are an extension of my lifelong not-spending habits.

I am very imaginative when it comes to substituting or making instead of buying. I will tell you about making a heater for the chickens' water. Not one dime was spent since I had everything I needed right in my basement.

Practicality must rear its head alongside parsimony. For example, I will use the dryer in bad weather or because of allergies in the spring. But, I will not wash clothes in a tub as long as I have a washing machine or can find one.

You may hear more about my four Rhode Island Red hens than you care to hear. They lay delicious brown eggs.

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Hens' Dinner Tonight--Free

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