It’s been over a week since our flock of ducks and chickens has had a chance to forage outside.
The ducks had been laying at a nice regular rate, but that stopped when they started being cooped up all day.
I suspect it’s the stress of spending too much time with the chickens that’s caused the slow down. Maybe a bigger coop or more privacy from the chickens would yield better results?
How do you unboil a chicken egg?
First you separate the egg white from the yolk and boil it at 194 degrees for 20 minutes. Then you dissolve the egg whites with a chemical called urea and spin it really fast.
The egg whites end up stretching back to their normal shape which restores the proteins to 85 percent of where they started from. If the process can be scaled up it might produce new types of enzymes for home cooks and large food producers, but for now it’s mainly useful in cancer research where proteins need to be refolded.
Image credit goes to the University of California in Irvine.
A couple weeks ago our broody hen got our hopes up that she might be in the mood for Motherhood.
Now when we check on her she she’s frequently off the nest.
Maybe a heat pad under the nest would’ve prompted more sitting or maybe it’s just too cold?