BeccaOH: Update of just STUFF

[lorihadams]

Oh wait, yours don't have feathered feet.....

 

[Farmfresh]

That color is called Columbian.

Lots of different breeds come in a Columbian color pattern.

 

[BeccaOH]

BB, I have 2 Royale Purple and one Pearl. I hatched the Pearl, but bought the RPs.

Over at BYC, they also are saying 3 IBs (2 male) and a Black Shoulder.

Lori, I don't see feathers on my CWs. Wyandottes have rose combs. Your Brahmas have single combs, so all looks well.

 

[Blackbird]

I was hoping one was female! Now you better keep a pair

Brahmas have pea combs.

Now I know what I have Becca! Theres this nasty white rooster we got, rose comb, fairly large and heavy weight. Been too lazy to look it up. I was thinking something similar.

Thanks

 

[BeccaOH]

I was hoping one was female! Now you better keep a pair

Brahmas have pea combs.

Now I know what I have Becca! Theres this nasty white rooster we got, rose comb, fairly large and heavy weight. Been too lazy to look it up. I was thinking something similar.

Thanks

I don't have a place for adult peafowl. :/

How will I ever learn the difference between rose and pea combs?

 

[Farmfresh]

I found a picture that may help. comb types

VERY generally - A rosecomb is larger comes to a point and is higher on the head than a peacomb.

 

[keljonma]

Had a great visit with your mom. Sorry you had to work.

 

[BeccaOH]

Finally did some baking last night. I found a recipe on Allrecipes.com and tweaked it a bit. Here's what I did. Turned out yummy!

Pumpkin Bread
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
4 eggs (used 4 small duck eggs)
1/2 cup Canola oil
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 cups brown sugar
2/3 cup white sugar
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup raisins (or more )

Grease and flour two 9x5 inch loaf pans (I did one of those and 3 mini loaves approx 3x5). Preheat oven to 350.

In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, applesauce, and sugars until well blended. In a separate bowl, blend together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Add nuts and raisins. Pour into the prepared pans. Bake for approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes (or 40 minutes for mini loaves). Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

After Beekissed started the "all is well" thread on BYC, it jinxed me. I've been losing bantam chicks every day. I thought I found the problem, but still they just drop over and are crushed by the others. The Polish with the Salmon Favorelles are crowed in their brooder in the same garage, but they seem to be doing fine.

Hatched out one lonely little Silver Penciled Rock yesterday. First batch of these eggs got me zero. Seller replaced the eggs. 3 started to develop and stopped where last time none developed. Still have a few Barnevelder eggs in the bator then my hatchings are done. I think I need to stick to just buying the chicks I need. Cheaper in the long run.

Family coming to visit from Michigan this weekend. I need to clean house and wash dogs. We are hoping to do the Algonquin Mill Festival on Saturday. The forecast is for a lot of rain tonight into tomorrow, but Saturday should clear off.

 

[keljonma]

Finally did some baking last night. I found a recipe on Allrecipes.com and tweaked it a bit. Here's what I did. Turned out yummy!

Thanks for the recipe; I saved it to my files. I have a fresh pie pumpkin here I need to do something with, maybe I'll make puree and bake bread. It should go well with the pumpkin-cinnamon ice cream, if dh doesn't finish it off before I get the bread made.

I've been losing bantam chicks every day. I thought I found the problem, but still they just drop over and are crushed by the others.

Sorry to hear about your bantam chick loss. What is going on with them?

Family coming to visit from Michigan this weekend. I need to clean house and wash dogs.

The dogs too? Unless we warm up quite a bit between now and spring, Titan is done with baths, because it takes too long for him to dry. Of course, I think your house puppies are a *bit* smaller than Big T.

We are hoping to do the Algonquin Mill Festival on Saturday.

We saw the sign for that - what is it exactly?

 

[BeccaOH]

Sorry to hear about your bantam chick loss. What is going on with them?

I wish I knew. I thought I'd let the brooder get too dirty, so I completely cleaned and changed the brooder and such. It is a swimming pool, and they seem to have plenty of space. They pile together like they might be cold so I had adjusted the heat lamp to be sure they had good heat. Some just seem not to want to eat. Most of them want to pile together in one area and peck on the wall. The weak ones get crushed there. Then I got to thinking at this age that much heat could be too much, the whole garage is warm, so I downgraded the light bulbs.

We are hoping to do the Algonquin Mill Festival on Saturday.

We saw the sign for that big_smile - what is it exactly?

It is a neat festival celebrating early Ohio farming life. I love the sights and smells there. The mill is a grain mill that runs on steam. The historical society brought in some old buildings, including cabins from around the county to display there sort of like a village. There is an old school, farmhouse, cabin, depot, and covered bridge to explore. They cook apple butter, soup beans, and barbecue chicken out on open fires. They even show rendering lard. There is a steam engine driven saw mill to watch, horse drawn wagon rides, lots of crafts, and entertainment like fiddlers. The pancake breakfast is a drawn just by itself.