To peel or not to peel?

[maddy]

Have been doing a bit of research the last couple of days.
We hatched around 18 chicks from a friends borrowed old one.  Looking for our own one now. 
We have  Australorps



The are big, fat and gorgeous!....and certainly sell for good $$$
I'm looking at one of the Rcom ones...not cheap, but good easy results.

......and now back to peeling vegetables people 

[mcmich]

That is one fine looking chicken Maddy.

[obbie]

we have a big black rooster like that..

[Amy :-)]

Thanks Marina and Keiramax for the compost advice. I probably should have researched it a bit more before I just started chucking everything in there The poor wormies are probably drowning in slush

Loved baked potatoes in the jackets, not sure about mash with skins.

Have you tried smashed potatoes Hally?

That is a very pretty bird Maddy

[Halex]

No Amy, what are smashed potatoes.

[Cuilidh]

That is one fine looking chook, Maddy.  Good luck with her.

Halley, smashed potatoes are par-boiled, then you press them with a spoon to break up the edges somewhat and roast them until they are done.

[Wonder]

Maddie that's a great looking chicken, I would love to have a few of them in my backyard to eat all the vegetable peelings.

[Amy :-)]

Halley, smashed potatoes are par-boiled, then you press them with a spoon to break up the edges somewhat and roast them until they are done.

I just microwave mine like you would for jacket potatoes, press them down once with a potato masher so the skin breaks and sticks up, and then spray them with oil and bake until they're crispy
If you get them nice and flat, they are good with poached eggs on top instead of toast

[Cuilidh]

I prefer your method of smashed potatoes to mine, Amy.

[Halex]

They sound yum. Thank you

 

[Amy :-)]

I prefer your method of smashed potatoes to mine, Amy.

I just copied what I used to see my mum do

They sound yum. Thank you

 

No worries Hally, I hope you like them if you try them sometime They are very yum especially with a bit of Tuscan or Morrocan seasoning

[obbie]

Mums know best Amy... We learn alot from them..

[Amy :-)]

So true Robyn. Mums are awesome

[keiramax]

Maddy we have a Rcom incubator, I got it from BellSouth in Narre Warren  www.bellsouth.com.au  We have the Rcom digital 20 egg one.  Have been very happy with it and also the service at BellSouth.

We have Abundant Layers just up the road from us and can buy fertilised eggs from many different breeds.

[pumpkin pie]

Obbie.  I live in Goolwa  South Australia.  Maddy that is one gorgeous looking choook.  The pure breeds really do look fantastic. I used to get in Suffolk X hens with the neighbour, and raise them for meat birds.