Dutch Dutch Baby, and Cookie's Protracted Return Begins
Channel: Mailer's Landing
Date: 2021-07-31

Act I - Get In Losers, We're Making Dutch Babies! (Now with more Allan dancing)
see also: the girls have started laying \o/ Let's eat!
Act II - Cookie-ing Up the Coop, a 1-Day Build
Act III - Getting the Band Back Together, Part I (To Be Continued)

Growing, building and cooking in New England, zone 6b

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Music by Daily Mouse 2003

_Dutch Baby_ - serves 4

1. Preheat your oven to 425𝆩
2. In a blender, combine:
1/2c + 2Tbsp eggs (or 3 large eggs)
1/2c AP flour
1/2c milk
1Tbsp sugar
3. Melt 1/2c unsalted butter (1 stick) in a pan that can also go into the oven (cast iron is ideal here ~.o). When the butter is foamy, pour the batter into the pan.
4. Place the pan into the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Turn the oven down to 350𝆩 and bake five more minutes
5. Dress with freshly grated nutmeg and powdered sugar. Serve with the condiments of your choice, like maple syrup, jam, or Nutella - enjoy! 


Cookie, one of our australorpe hens, was injured ~3 weeks ago* and spent some time indoors. To reunite her with the flock, we're taking it slow. We installed a door** across their run so the birds can see each other and check each other out without getting up close and personal, and a place for Cookie to sleep at night, unharassed by predators and secure from weather.

*Zuzu is still learning how to get his rooster on without hurting his wimmens. He's better at it now, but he blew it then, pulling a bunch of feathers out poor Cookie's neck and bloodying her, which, as it turns out, the rest of the hens would not tolerate. Attempts to bring her back in early were met with more bullying and some vicious pecking - we brought her back indoors. Before we started the reintegration plans, we spent a couple weeks socializing with everyone together for ranging one or two times a day, returning Cookie indoors in between. This build is step one to getting her back with her peoples, separating the run with a door and giving Cookie a space that's all her own.
**The door was constructed from wood and chicken wire, and installed with two hinges. Cookie's hutch was made from a medium sized dog kennel and a repurposed broom handle as a roost. The hutch us wrapped in chicken wire and a tarp, secured with zip ties; it was bungee corded to the coop to ensure that it wouldn't go anywhere or make a gap that Cookie could hurt herself investigating.