Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption
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Bugs
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when you eat laying hensnot that I'm planning this (honest babes!) but I wondered when people decide that a laying hen just isn't cutting the mustard and decide to casserole her...do people tend to wait until they really stop laying or do you often find a very nearly there egg inside, I assume you remove this along with the rest of the insides? Is it very visible? (I find myself also thinking this would be a really interesting picture to see the egg "in situ"...call me weird if you like..what's that, you already do? Fair enough).
I imagine it might occasionally be an issue with hens bred esp for the pot in that some come in to lay unexpectedly early?
Just something that occurred to me...
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Gertie
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It's OK, Treacle, Ginger, Marmalade - mummy doesn't mean it!
Wow, I've never thought about the points you have raised, Bugs. Interesting about the eggs in situ
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cab
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When you're cleaning out an old bird for boiling, you do sometimes come across part formed eggs, most often it's just the yolks, and you can use them like egg yolks. I've made custard with them.
As for how to decide when it's time for the chop, I can't help you there; I had frugal parents who used to buy boilers when they were still really cheap, they'd given up on keeping chickens in the yard many years before I was born
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judith
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Call me pathetic if you like, but I'm not sure I could eat one of my girlies. We have had to dispatch a couple in the past, but they didn't go into the pot. I suspect all my layers will reach the end of their days more or less naturally!
That said, I've got three turkey poults arriving on Wednesday. Bizarre, isn't it!
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Jonnyboy
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You will probably find a succession of part formed eggs, traditionally they were used for things like thickening soups etc. IIRC.
The problem with ex layers is that they will be rather old, but that's why all the great french pot recipes for chicken came from.
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alison
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It also depends on the breed.
There won't be much or any meat on a small hybred laying machine like an Isa.
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