Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[RollingAcres]

We used to do that about once a month with all of the people that I worked with at the Navy Base. Of course there was usually a keg involved back in those days.
Sorry I was slow updating as I was out cutting grass so I can spray but the chicks are all here. The coop they are in sets on a pallet and one of the boards that seals it shut had an opening that they found and they were all caught under there. We figured that out when we saw the hen would not leave the side of the coop but just sat there waiting for them to come out.

Yay for the chicks being found!

 

[RollingAcres]

You can buy them from Amazon, par boiled in or out of season-- frozen, already peeled and deveined but of course, it's only the tail meat......you will miss out of suckin the heads (which I do not participate in anyway)
https://www.amazon.com/Louisiana-Cr...ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&pageNumber=2
I would avoid Boudreaux Brand. Says right on the package "Product of China" and reviews say it has a decidedly 'ammonia' taste to it.

No thanks, I'll pass on that.

 

[Latestarter]

You'd think a company based out of south LA would source local mudbugs as opposed to having them shipped in from China... Really, it's easy enough to build a crawdad trap. They are located in virtually any water source that doesn't dry up completely. Build a couple of traps and set them out. You can have all the crawfish you desire at virtually no cost. A couple chicken necks and some wire. ETA: Believe it or not, I've caught them in rivers up in New England as well. They're there if you want to go catch some.

 

[Rammy]

Yay for the chicks being found!

x2

 

[greybeard]

You'd think a company based out of south LA would source local mudbugs as opposed to having them shipped in from China... .

Cost and availability. La and Texas crawfish are very much a seasonable product and water temp, depth and quality have big influences on both price and quantity available. $2.50-$4.00/lb last season

(I used to be able to buy 40# sacks of live crawfish for $35-40. Those days are gone for sure and forever.)
Wild (FREE RANGE!!!) crawfish are not in season in La and Texas now, which is why the frozen ones from China came to be.
http://www.lacrawfish.com/Live-Crawfish-C26.aspx

 

[Mike CHS]

Teresa has been processing apples to can pie filling and she went ahead and made a pie with one of the quarts.

The Sheep Deck Chair came in today so we had to practice getting a critter in it.

 

[Rammy]

Teresa looks a little TOO comfortable in that chair. The sheep might not get to use it! Working out all the kinks, right? That pie looks delicious!!

 

[RollingAcres]

Pie looks good! And Teresa looks comfortable in that chair. Could be a dual purpose chair, sheep use it and when you or Teresa get tired while working sheep, lay in there to rest.

 

[Bruce]

reviews say it has a decidedly 'ammonia' taste to it.

Yum! Always love me some ammonia for dinner.
It is a wonder people buy it given that sort of description.

 

[Bruce]

Mike, how the heck are you going to trim Teresa's feet when she is wearing shoes????

Sure glad you found those chicks. And I forgive you for working while we sat at our computers waiting for an update