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I see in quite a few threads that members can't use their spell check. I'm the worst speller so I needed to find a solution in the trial phase and I did. Try that and if it's now working for you (other browsers work the same way) post here and I'll try and help find your solution.

You really need a Kitchen aid or a food processor for this one though. 2 cups hot water 1 tsp sugar 2 tsp traditional yeast Mix and set aside for 10 minutes 4 cups flour 1 1/2 tsp salt To the flour salt add the yeast liquid after it's well started and mix with the batter paddle just till...

So for the third time in my life I have lost all my files, contacts, bookmarks, calendar events..... Everything you keep on a computer. It has never really mattered to me, I don't have that much that is important to me on my computers to date, but I see that changing. I have plans now for...

Off on my next 'cultural' experience. Picked up both dairy and water Kefir grains yesterday. The diary were frozen so they are recovering in some milk right now (hopefully) The water Kefir she said she was just 'keeping them alive' as she did not care for the sodas she had gotten from...

Thought I'd share this. I heard feeding Black Oil Sunflower Seeds would end egg eating. Had a problem a few years back and tried it, seemed to work but often these things are a cycle of boredom or habit anyway so I wondered if the BOSS really had anything to do with it. This winter the hens...

One of my ISA Brown layers took off into the bush and set some eggs late this summer. Those 8 chicks are looking like great meat birds! The cockerals especially are really full breasted and they are all growing up well. Hybred vigor and yet they have some consistancy in the group. I'll post...

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/fvpfa At the Abbortsford Agrifair the Fraser Valley Poultry Fanciers set this up, will be hatching all weekend. One pipping right now.

For those not aware a puppy mill internet sale breeder had all her dogs seized about 6 months ago, mostly English Shepherds but some Pugs and a few mix breeds. Over 200 dogs that had been mostly running loose and in poor condition. They have been rehabilitated to good health most will still...

Best Kaiser Rolls I have ever made. Make dough night before and bake in am for lunch or dough in morning for evening baking. 3.5 to 4 cups flour (I just made a batch with half multigrain flour and it worked great) 1.5 teaspoon yeast 1 teaspoon salt 1 Tablespoon sugar 1 Tablespoon butter 1 egg...

Enjoy, I'm off to the Parade!

I'm developing a new sourdough culture, one that I started off of Rye flour and let it find it's own wild yeast. It's only 7 days old but since I hate to waste anything and had a half cup or more to discard to continue the process I gave it a container of it's own, fed and watered it bringing...

The discussion on projects and my hubby's insistence that we do something this year with the leftover birds from my Orpington breeding in the past made me go out and take a hard look at them today, and even take some pictures. So I'm looking for input on both what I have done to date, and which...

Carrying in the groceries today got a bit messy. I had a 10 kg bag (22 lbs) white bread flour under one arm in the football type carry with a couple plastic bags in the other hand and had just gotten inside the door off the porch when I hear my Hubby behind me saying Noooo, ohhh, whoa, STOP...

Yesterday something reminded me of the song We are the World done to raise funds for African relief. At the time it was a very inspiring song and neat that so many very different artists got together and worked in the same studio, but I have to admit it seemed a bit of a weird show watching...

So I have a small batch of birds ready to go and I did 12 of them today. For anyone that wants parted skinless birds this is by far the easy way that I have found. I have 2 Maremma dogs now protecting the flock and I have been doing the RAW dog food diet which includes of course chicken with...

http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=12085669 The first LGD I got was an older guy that needed rescue, had been abandoned, and taking him in was the best thing I ever did, I never lost a chicken after the day he arrived. He was a Maremma and this guy reminds me so much of him...

Well as some of you know I lost my older Maremma LGD early in the spring. He got into a turf dispute with a bear sow that had twin cubs and I backed him up in running her off the property line a few times but he took her on one day I was at work and I never saw him again. It's only a guess...

Rochester Hatchery (Alberta, Canada) continues to amaze me, got 100% live arrival of strong vigorous chicks and poults again. In the about 5 years I have been ordering from them I have never had a DOA. They seem to take the weather into account and tape the box such that they will have the...

OK I have not tried this yet, but it sure seems interesting. Apparently it works best if you hold the pointy end to your lips when doing the blowing. If anyone gives it a go I'd love to hear how it worked for you.

I got a second LGD, a Maremma pup that I will raising up to help protect my poultry. Some of you may recall I rescued an adult Maremma early this year and he has been a fantastic asset! Sadly I think he is older than I was led to believe so I got the pup for him to show the ropes too while he...