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    Huge Rattlesnake!!!!

    I've been having problems with a couple of squirrels who think it's their right to dig under the cement around my coops and steal chicken food. Well, yesterday I went out to check on my juveniles, and found an enornmous rattlesnake in the pen with one of my chicks in it's stomach...
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    Subterranean chicks!!!!!

    So, my husband and I took off for a few days to the coast to get away from the heat, and left our 2 daughters (ages 18 and 20) in charge of the household. I have 7 chicks that are about 2 weeks old that I have in a small coop of their own. On the day we were due to come home, my oldest calls...
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    Killer Gourmet Chocolate Ice Cream!!!

    So, my husband has had a craving for good chocolate ice cream lately, so I decided to try to make some starting with my usual vanilla custard ice cream recipe. I figured I would have to melt some unsweetened chocolate and incorporate it into the heated mixture, etc. Then, the other night we...
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    USPS GORRILLAS AT IT AGAIN! GRRRRRR!

    For crying out loud! I finally broke down and bought 2 shipments of eggs last week - 1 set of EE's from our very own Chickabator, and 1 set of Blue Marans from Ebay (yeah, I know, but they were ultra cheap and I have given up trying to get any Blue Orps). The Marans arrived on Thursday and our...
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    Need Help Finding a Thread, Please.

    For some reason I can't find a past thread that discussed a White Orpington listing on ebay by Coops-Coups. Can anyone help me with that? I've tried everything I can think of. . . Thanks
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    Sinfully Delicious Chocolate Cake

    This cake is so easy and everybody just loves it. 1 chocolate cake mix - I use Devil's Food 1 cup cream 1/2 cup sour cream 2 eggs Bea on medium speed for about 4 minutes. It will be thick. Stir in 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips. Bake at 325 in a greased bundt or tube pan for about 45...
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    Baked French Toast Recipe?

    Anyone have a really good baked french toast recipe? I used to have one that used canned apple pie filling and some other things and it was delish, but I can't find it.
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    Fried Rice, anyone?

    This is a great way to use eggs! You just steam some medium grain white rice, and scramble some eggs (I use lots). Then, fry the rice in a large skillet or wok with garlic powder, pepper, mixed vegetable, and sesame seeds. Right at the end of frying, add soy sauce to taste, and salt if...
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    Anyone else make piecrust cookies?

    My mom and grandma always made them with the scraps leftover from making pies. Of course, I have continued the tradition. You put the pieces on a cookie sheet, sprinkle with cinnamon & sugar, and bake at whatever temp the pie called for until they were done. After that ypu put the pie in...
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    FRESNO POULTRY SHOW - FEB 21

    Can't wait, since I missed Stockton! Who's going?
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    NEED TO BUILD A WEBSITE - NEED HELP!!!

    I have a huge project for work, and part of it may include building a website. It needs to be free, and I will need lots of help since I've never even attempted to build one before. I know there are services, etc available on the internet, but does anyone have any suggestions on which one to...
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    IMPORTANT - STOCKTON SHOW HEADCOUNT!!!

    EDIT - We've decided to do the head count on the original thread, so please go to the "Stockton Ca Show" thread and let us know you'll be there so Nifty can print name tags, etc. Thanks We need to get a head count for the Stockton show, so if you are at least relatively sure you're going...
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    Yummy Hot Spiced Cider

    Just thought I'd share this recipe with everyone. I keep a crock of it going on weekends and any other time we're home, and whoever's at the house just helps themselves. In the morning pour 1/2 gallon of apple cider or juice and about 1-2 cups cranberry juice (you'll just have to see how much...
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    WHITE ORPS ON EBAY

    Does anyone know anything about the White Orp eggs that are on Ebay? I would love to have some White Orps, but I don't want them if they're poor quality.
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    Another adventure with HenHaven (Lynn)!!!!!

    So, I meet Lynn at about the halfway point between our houses to pick up a couple of hens that she sold to one of my daughter's friends. We are out in the parking lot of this new parkway along the river that has pathways and rock areas that wind down toward the water. We manage to transfer the...
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    Pics of Blue Ameraucana chicks

    Thought you might like to see a few pics of my little test hatch. I've got a nice Blue Ameraucana pair (Jack and Belle) - they came from HenHaven (Lynn). These are the parents of the chicks SmittysFarm just hatched. Now for pics of the siblings to Smitty's new babies - Enjoy!!!: At 2 days -...
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    Look what we found in our pasture this morning!!!!

    Is this adorable or what??? My daughter's show heifer had her calf last night. He's a little Smokey (Charolais X Angus). Here he is with Momma And here with big brother Lori
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    Pics of Chicks

    Just a couple of pics of my latest fuzzy butts - French Cuckoo Marans pullets, New Hampshire Red pullets (though I'm pretty sure one is a cockerel), and Australorp Longtail cross pullets and cockerel:
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    Cuckoo Silkies on eggbid!!!

    Go check it out - they are neat looking (and I'm not fond of silkies!!) I'd put the link thing on here, but I'm too tired to figure it out right now!! Lori
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    Blue Ameraucana and Welsummer eggs ready to ship on 3/31!!!

    I will have 8 nice, dark Welsummer eggs ($20) and 7 or 8 beautiful Blue Ameraucana ( $20 - yes, the parents are blue as well as the eggs) eggs ready to ship on Monday. All parents are purebred from quality lines. Price includes shipping. Lori
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