Comments on: Strange morning at the chicken run http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/06/20/strange-morning-at-the-chicken-run/ Two American expat city boys on 20 acres with an olive grove in New Zealand Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:22:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jan fanning http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/06/20/strange-morning-at-the-chicken-run/#comment-5840 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 07:13:23 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=496#comment-5840 our kids had calves for calf club day at our local school and we could never eat them!Our friendly farmer would exchange them for us. One used to go into their milking shed and line up to be milked.
They can be a bit dangerous too when they grow up as pets. I can remember a yearling who lifted our daughter up against the fence with its head between her legs.
Jan

]]> By: Hannah http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/06/20/strange-morning-at-the-chicken-run/#comment-241 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:47:18 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=496#comment-241 I love your stories!

]]> By: Moon Over Martinborough http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/06/20/strange-morning-at-the-chicken-run/#comment-104 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:52:12 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=496#comment-104 William – These eggs are very tasty.

]]> By: William http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/06/20/strange-morning-at-the-chicken-run/#comment-101 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:18:39 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=496#comment-101 So, this was posted on Saturday, have you eaten it yet or is it cold and dead in the fridge?

What was it like. I’ve only ever eaten cold dead eggs myself.

]]> By: Peter http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/06/20/strange-morning-at-the-chicken-run/#comment-100 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:43:16 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=496#comment-100 We used to buy bags of oyster shell grit from the local farm supply store as a regular feed for our chickens…to help prevent ‘soft membrane’ eggs. Occasionally, we still got a soft egg…

]]> By: Moon Over Martinborough http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/06/20/strange-morning-at-the-chicken-run/#comment-99 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:29:40 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=496#comment-99 Our neighbor gave us a tray with ‘chicken grit’ in it, which I’d never heard of. I was wondering where I could buy some more. Maybe I just need to go drive out to Palliser Bay and start collecting shells.

]]> By: Moon Over Martinborough http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/06/20/strange-morning-at-the-chicken-run/#comment-98 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:27:37 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=496#comment-98 Home made bread baked with fresh farm eggs!

]]> By: Moon Over Martinborough http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/06/20/strange-morning-at-the-chicken-run/#comment-97 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:26:58 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=496#comment-97 DELICIOUS. So far the eggs have made it into one loaf of gluten-free bread (special recipe = yum) and then three hard boiled eggs we had with visiting city friends.

Rick said, “I’m not ready to eat those eggs. Yet.” So I think he’ll come around.

]]> By: Moon Over Martinborough http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/06/20/strange-morning-at-the-chicken-run/#comment-96 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:22:35 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=496#comment-96 Thanks for your really nice encouragement Maria.

]]> By: Moon Over Martinborough http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/06/20/strange-morning-at-the-chicken-run/#comment-95 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:21:55 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=496#comment-95 I’ll make sure Rick never touches another warm egg!

Our neighbors have a pet cow they can’t slaughter. It was the calf their daughter took to school for ‘Lamb and Calf Day’ – which is a bit of a rural NZ tradition. Now the cow has a long happy life in front of her.

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