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Dark chocolate buttermilk cake. Had extra buttermilk and frosting so made one for work!

I used corn starch for my apple pie filling. After it sat awhile it got lumpy. When I put it in a pie it works great though!

Do not let that ruin your day. Enjoy time with your family and you`ll have extra treats for the rest of the week.

Looks great! The madness never stops! HaHa

Welcome neighbor! Chickens are addicting and we still get tons of pleasure from watching our chickens. ENJOY!

We have a heated waterer outside in the run. We wire cardboard to the fence in their run on the north side. The best thing we do is collect bags of leaves in town and scatter them in the run after it snows after shoveling. Our hens do not like to walk on snow. A bag of leaves in the run is nice...

Canning beef stock tomorrow. Picked up 35 pounds of bones. 35 cents a pound. Roasted the bones and now simmered in water and veggies. Will can tomorrow as I insulated the attic today

The SKY is falling!

Welcome! Usually one hen (if it is a hen?) will dominate. That would be the pecking order. Enjoy!

Put them in a bigger area. That way you could have a warm area under the light and cooler on the outskirts.

They leave the herbs alone..

Canning lentil soup with fresh greens and herbs as I type. 75 min in pressure canner

Welcome Brittany! You will learn alot and have fun here!

We have a Amish family do our butchering. The only downfall is you correspond by letter. By the time we get a note back they are ready for them in the next day or two. They do a great job though. Not something we want to do on our own but know we grow good meat. I believe it costs $3 a bird. I...

Quote: Duramaxgirl. Look on the bottom left of the pic on the box.Is it talking about weights? Yes..it is I believe. Happy canning