I'm hanging out for a sponge cake
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325204)
Rockingham, Australia
September 30, 2022 6:52pm CST
At our house-sit, there are six hens in a pen. They don’t need to be fed and watered as they have big containers of both but we collect the eggs and take them some green food each day. The breed is Isa Brown and they are friendly, quiet chooks (chickens) and make good pets for children. They make these cute little chicken noises when they see us coming. They have laid between three and five eggs each day.
Before man started interfering with the natural order of things, hens would lay a clutch of eggs then go broody, sitting on the eggs until they hatched (about three weeks). During this time, they would ‘go off the lay’ which was inconvenient for people. So breeders started manipulating the genetics to produce hens that didn’t go broody. Just as they manipulate the genetics to produce chickens that grow really quickly for the meat market.
We don’t eat a lot of eggs but Vince is going to a sponge cake with some just to use them up. I hope I remember to take a photo before we eat it all. We’ve bought some cream in anticipation.
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@xFiacre (12601)
• Ireland
1 Oct 22
@judyev Our interference in nature is just appalling, yet I baulk at giving up my animal products. Our chooks ran free when we had them and did their own thing, though at night they were rounded up and put in a hen house for safe keeping. One always layed her daily egg on top of my wardrobe, another in the hearth.
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@JudyEv (325204)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Oct 22
Hens here would need to be shut in at night too or they'd be supper for foxes. Not too many chooks here would have access to indoors.
@RasmaSandra (73133)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Oct 22
They are lovely looking chickens. The sponge cake sound delicious,
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@GooglePlus (3807)
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1 Oct 22
These picture are from your farm? What does House-sit means?
You already forgot me there you should invite and then we will plan it together -how to finish it
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@DevMrSamEleazar (13701)
• Philippines
1 Oct 22
It is been a long time since I saw a chicken alive. but it is brutal, because I was just playing it when I was a kid before they cook it.
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@sallypup (57682)
• Centralia, Washington
1 Oct 22
@DevMrSamEleazar Your comment reminds me of when I was a teenager. I loved a sweet cow that I named Teddy. I taught Teddy to walk on a halter. Then my Dad had him butchered. I refused to eat those roast beef dinners.
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@DevMrSamEleazar (13701)
• Philippines
1 Oct 22
@sallypup oh I see. well it is so sad to see those things tho. like after you friend it just like that.
Well I can see a animal getting butchered but if it did not became my friend. but like doing a very little bond with it. nah. I can't
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
1 Oct 22
Interesting that you get eggs and that too so many a day ^You can use them every day, sunny side up, omelet, poached in water, poached in milk, scrambled, just plain boiled - half, quarter, full - limitless I say (lol)
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@Beestring (13280)
• Hong Kong
1 Oct 22
I've only seen live chickens in the wet market where they were locked up in a cage. I think that's cruel.
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@JudyEv (325204)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Oct 22
@Beestring No, I think these will die of old age where they are.
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@Beestring (13280)
• Hong Kong
1 Oct 22
@JudyEv Will they be sent to the market for sale later?
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@RebeccasFarm (86431)
• United States
1 Oct 22
Oh you are a lucky chook yourself Judy having a sponge cake made by your loving Vince
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@RebeccasFarm (86431)
• United States
4 Oct 22
@JudyEv Glad you appreciate it Judy..I know you make the most of every minute
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@Tampa_girl7 (48865)
• United States
2 Oct 22
@JudyEv it’s definitely one of my favorites.
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@moffittjc (118316)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Oct 22
Those hens can really lay 3-5 eggs per day? Each? Those poor girls!
I love sponge cake, but it's been a long time since I last had some. I hope it turns out great and that you and Vince enjoy it.
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@moffittjc (118316)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Oct 22
@JudyEv Oh, thanks for clarifying. That seems more reasonable for those chickens. Those poor girls would be very sore and tired if they had to lay that many each every day!
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@JudyEv (325204)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Oct 22
@oahuwriter I was only thinking custard made with custard powder but you're right. Egg custard would use a lot of eggs.
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@oahuwriter (26780)
• United States
2 Oct 22
@JudyEv
Ok, just a suggestion for custard uses lots of eggs.
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