Posts by ChickenToes

Long story short, I broke my sewing machine the other day. It got jammed up with a thread nest, so I cut out the nest and tried to keep sewing. Now it clunks every time the arm goes down and the top thread won't pick up the bottom...

I have made individual cheesecakes in a muffin tin. You just line the muffin tin with paper liners and fill them up with the batter. I make Oreo cheesecakes this way, with an entire cookie serving as the crust in each muffin liner. Do a...

If you followed the recipes exactly and all the jars sealed, I really wouldn't worry about it.If you ever notice that the button has popped back up on one of your lids, then get rid of it immediately, that is a sure sign that something...

My in-laws sometimes can meat, and they usually use it in casseroles or just eat it in sandwiches.

11 pints of sweet pickled beets today! I probably could have left them in the ground longer, but my tomatoes are starting to ripen, and I'll be so busy canning those soon. I just wanted the dang beets out the way!

Oh well. Don't feel bad, I posted this same ad on craigslist and the only responses I get are from people who live hours away.

I am looking to buy 3 or 4 chicks or young chickens - a few months old is fine. Pullets only, not interested in roosters. I am most interested in breeds that lay dark eggs (Welsummers, etc.), but would consider others, including bantams....

The rule of thumb is at least 4 square feet per bird in the coop, and 10 square feet per bird in the run.

The vet I used to go to had the 'Wall of Science Diet' as well. Very disconcerting...I feed my dog the feed that she seems to do the best on. If I feed her something cheap, she eats twice as much of it and I have to let her outside more...

This was my plan for long car rides. I was going to put a regular harness on our dog, then loop a regular 4 or 5 foot leash through the car seat hooks in the backseat of the car and attach it to the ring on the harness. That way she's...