Its an all-in-one house and run. Purpose built and assembled by him outdoors...no I tell a lie, he assembled it in the kitchen a week ago when it was cold and overcast.
All we need now is the chickens but whether to have 2 hybrids or a clutch of bantams...preferences on a post card please as I can't make up my mind and Ralph says they're my responsibility.
Talking of eggs, today we had boiled eggs following the recipe (?) for boiling eggs that Heston Blumingthal (sp?) advised. Well, that didn't work. They were totally underdone. (bring to boil then switch off heat and leave for 6 mins).
I can reccomend his method for chicken though. We got a free range chicken from the Co-operative (naturally, none of your Tesco crap)that was on the sell by date (we're on a tight budget here now we're not working and not pensionners for a long time) and soaked it for 24 hours in salted water. Then cooked it very slowly in a low heat oven. It was suberb, honestly.
Our new girls will have no reason to fear us, they will be for egg production only.
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