Comments on: The chicken and the egg http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/2009/12/08/the-chicken-and-the-egg/ On food, writing & reading Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:43:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: In search of the perfect apron « How to shuck an oyster http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/2009/12/08/the-chicken-and-the-egg/#comment-1568 Mon, 31 May 2010 05:23:14 +0000 http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/?p=1428#comment-1568 [...] later in the week, I was very thrilled when Charlotte Chicken’s foster grandmother Deb presented me with a perfect replacement for my old green faithful, that she picked up during the [...]

]]> By: The ultimate fast food: the omelette « How to shuck an oyster http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/2009/12/08/the-chicken-and-the-egg/#comment-1343 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:37:16 +0000 http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/?p=1428#comment-1343 [...] « Punk rocks The ultimate fast food: the omelette January 21, 2010 Now, I know I banged on at length about eggs not so long ago (by the way, in sad news just to hand Charlotte Chicken just got going in terms of supreme egg [...]

]]> By: Loaves and fishes: my list of miracle foods « How to shuck an oyster http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/2009/12/08/the-chicken-and-the-egg/#comment-1193 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:44:56 +0000 http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/?p=1428#comment-1193 [...] Eggs – chuck a few halved, hard-boiled eggs in a green salad with some chunks of fresh, cured or smoked salmon and you have a delicious twist on nicoise. [...]

]]> By: Charlotte http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/2009/12/08/the-chicken-and-the-egg/#comment-1182 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:11:50 +0000 http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/?p=1428#comment-1182 More chicken stories here at this amusing blog by two boys who did the treechange thing in NZ – http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/12/12/ballad-of-the-broody-hen-part-1/

]]> By: hughesy http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/2009/12/08/the-chicken-and-the-egg/#comment-1181 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:48:40 +0000 http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/?p=1428#comment-1181 Oooowah!
Why, thank you for the compliment!

Just want you to know the first of my little mouth watering future delights hatched this morning. Heard it peeping, then saw it on the ground – it had fallen from the nest. Lucky the cage is directly opposite the kitchen window, otherwise that little chickadee would have been goanna dinner.

]]> By: Charlotte http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/2009/12/08/the-chicken-and-the-egg/#comment-1180 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:31:00 +0000 http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/?p=1428#comment-1180 Hughesy, you are the chicken queen as is well known (those of you who are not aware of Her Majesty’s status should read Art Life Chooks, a beautifully witty account of a tree change of sorts – in the book and the blog, http://annettehughes.blogspot.com/ . So your experience is way too advanced for we mere urban mortals. Also I hear that when you named your chooks after your friends all did not end well when Jane began attacking the others?? I hope Charlotte is better behaved. oh and thanks re the tip re community farm – ? – will check it out.

Deb & Kerry, you should be very proud grandparents (& parents Tigs). I had a number of dinner guests last night exclaiming about Charlotte’s physical beauty (if not her productivity, about which they were less complimentary).

I continue to seek local eggs, so if any of you hear of any urban backyard egg sellers, lemme know …

]]> By: hughesy http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/2009/12/08/the-chicken-and-the-egg/#comment-1178 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:01:36 +0000 http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/?p=1428#comment-1178 Oh, and also, check out Linda Woodrow’s Permaculture Home Garden. In ti is a small backyard dome design for a couple of silkies which will keep you in eggs no worries.

]]> By: hughesy http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/2009/12/08/the-chicken-and-the-egg/#comment-1177 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:37 +0000 http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/?p=1428#comment-1177 There is a community farm down near Jane P’s place. Maybe if you join you can get eggs from there?

]]> By: hughesy http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/2009/12/08/the-chicken-and-the-egg/#comment-1176 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:21:58 +0000 http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/?p=1428#comment-1176 I’m about to become grandmother to a clutch of a dozen of my very own husbanded (thanks Fluffy) chicks, who’s function in life will be to grow fat for my table. Woo hoo. You can’t imagine the difference between commercial and hand reared chook.

Thing that I find most extraordinary is that people find having chooks in the back yard extraordinary. It is only one generation since EVERYBODY (except the wealthy) kept chooks.

]]> By: Deb & Kerry http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/2009/12/08/the-chicken-and-the-egg/#comment-1175 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:32:53 +0000 http://howtoshuckanoyster.com/?p=1428#comment-1175 We are the grandparents of Shirley and Charlotte, and we have to say that a finer piece of writing about our grandchickens could not be imagined.

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