Free range garden eggs

[dtaai-maai]

(4 pricks instead of one).

Indeed, one is never enough for some people...

[Takiap]

(4 pricks instead of one).

Indeed, one is never enough for some people...

Yes, back in good old Aberdeen, that could get you labeled as being a slapper.

[PeteC]

You have any solution for a broody hen Takiap? You've probably had one or a few, and my daughter has one now. Won't get off the eggs and disrupting the entire sequence of daily chicken events. My vote is to....well...you can imagine! Pete

[migrant]

You have any solution for a broody hen Takiap? You've probably had one or a few, and my daughter has one now. Won't get off the eggs and disrupting the entire sequence of daily chicken events. My vote is to....well...you can imagine! Pete

Is this where your thoughts are headed Pete??

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[PeteC]

There we go.... Pete

[Ralfredo]

Is this where your thoughts are headed Pete??

You guys are so clever! Two problems solved (broody hen and dinner) just by a swing of an axe.

[Nereus]

You have any solution for a broody hen Takiap? You've probably had one or a few, and my daughter has one now. Won't get off the eggs and disrupting the entire sequence of daily chicken events. My vote is to....well...you can imagine! Pete

What we used to do with them on the farm when I was a kid: you could buy fake eggs made from what I do not recall, but we just used to make up a nest for her with the fake egss and let her claim that as her own!

[PeteC]

You have any solution for a broody hen Takiap? You've probably had one or a few, and my daughter has one now. Won't get off the eggs and disrupting the entire sequence of daily chicken events. My vote is to....well...you can imagine! Pete

What we used to do with them on the farm when I was a kid: you could buy fake eggs made from what I do not recall, but we just used to make up a nest for her with the fake egss and let her claim that as her own!

Good idea, I'll suggest it. I wonder if billiard balls will work? Pete

[Takiap]

Hi Pete


The egg layers my MIL got never get broody due to selective breeding, but the regular Thai chickens we have certainly due. They lay around 8 to 10 eggs, and then that's them out of the game for a few weeks. They also get quite aggressive and will really have a go at you when you interfere with them.

I've found you can sometimes break their broody spell simply by removing their nesting box. Then again, if they spot another nesting box with an egg or two in it, they'll usually just move into that one.

Your best bet, if your sister is in no big rush for eggs, is to do as our man from down under says, and give the hen some fake eggs. You can buy fake eggs but they aren't at all necessary because even golf balls work, and if your sister wants to have a bit of a laugh she can use different color balls as well. I am being serious by the way - the balls can be any color. Tell your sister to still check the nest daily though because other hens will most likely also lay their eggs in the same next.

If you sister determined to stop the hen from being on strike, she can try keeping it in a cage with no nest box for a few days.

[Takiap]

Is this where your thoughts are headed Pete??

You guys are so clever! Two problems solved (broody hen and dinner) just by a swing of an axe.

It's also the best time since a broody hen won't have partially formed eggs inside her, she won't be continuously eating, so less cleaning to do, and best of all, she's very easy to catch.

[Big Boy]

Yes it does work and for 60THB is great value!

Thanks - I'll nip down and get one. Similar beasts in the UK used to see about 1 in 4 explode in the microwave, making a terruble mess.

Yes, definitely works. Sounded like a couple of explosions during cooking, but the eggs came out of the microwave perfect.

2 poached eggs is a perfect meal for my reduced stomach capacity, and this tool will pay for itself time and time again.

[barrys]

So, got my egg poacher from Index thanks to davychez and then met up with Takiab to enjoy a couple of cold ones and get my fresh eggs.

Decided to have poached eggs for breakfast yesterday - my first ever poached eggs in Thailand after nearly 13 years.

The tension and eggspectations were mighty, of course.

Well, they were absolutely delicious, not to mention eggsquisite, on buttered wholemeal toast.

How did I feel afterwards - eggsuberant and eggstatic, of course

[Takiap]

Good to hear your eggspectations were met. I'll definitely have to visit Index soon to get one of those poachers.

In the meantime, I'll be eggspecting to see you again soon Barry, whether for beers, for eggs, or for both.

[Big Boy]

Make sure you've got some eggs left for Friday

[dtaai-maai]

Good to hear your eggspectations were met. I'll definitely have to visit Index soon to get one of those poachers.

69 baht - eggstortionate.