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[mommahen10]

Has anyone here used items from LUSH? I LOVE LUSH! They have the bar thingies, I'm not sure what they call them. I think you're supposed to use them in the shower but they make a mess of the shower. They melt like butter and smell heavenly. I give the younger kids these for a real treat at Christmas. My youngest, if he sees me get one out he's laying down ready for a rub down.

maidenwolf, how do you harvest chicory. I always buy CDM coffee when we go to Louisiana, it's coffee with chicory. It just dawned on me this summer that chicory is growing wild all over the place. I would like to learn how to do that.

Danz, you do that. Gather up some supplies and plan some things and we will get some team work going and see what we can get done. I like to be busy and I like to work, although I'm a bit on the girly side. I don't know how to use power tools and I stink with a hammer but I'm not afraid to learn things and get dirty. The boys will work their patootie off, I may even be able to get my 17 yo to come, she's a worker too. I've been telling them all their lives that work is fun. We will just put it on the calendar. You'd have thought that his spur would have just broken off while he was hanging. Oh, our rooster the kids report has on the bottoms of his feet..... one pink and one yellow. I don't know what he is. My 13 yo is still picking him up since this night just because he knows he can now. You should probably give yourself some credit, your kids obviously think you're a wonderful mom and they had to have something to base that on. The front loaders can get stinky, I only had that happen once when I closed it when we went out of town. I just ran it on the sanitize cycle with baking soda and vinegar, no big deal really. I leave mine open all the time. I think the problem is that they seal tightly and there is moisture in there.

Hawkeye, I didn't think that you were mean, I just perceived my mom as mean. I actually thought everything she did was mean when I was a kid, I don't think that now. The only reason I don't do that is because I don't want my kids to think I'm mean, making them stay in is kinda mean too. I don't blame you a bit with the neighbor kids. I didn't like that part about living in town. I had kids over all the time then, they'd be over for meals and it got costly. One time, I got tired of it and sent this particular group of kids home while we ate lunch, we really didn't have enough that day. They were back at the door before we got up from the table. I asked if they went home and got lunch, the oldest say yes. I asked what they ate, he said french fries. I said, Anything else? He said, and ketchup. I never sent him home again. There are a lot of times that I see kids are just raised so differently than what I'm used to, sometimes I feel bad because I just can't handle it and I get rattled to have my kids exposed to kids who don't behave. Then I feel guilty for how I feel. I can't believe you are still battling with the insurance company. I think it's time to tell them that this is costing you money and that you will be sending them a bill for this time while they are figuring it all out. GRRRR. I'm sorry you have to deal with that on top of your injuries. I love cajun rice, but we call it dirty rice. I still have half my kids who eat spicy and half who won't. My grandma used to take all of the super thin bars of soap and soak them for a while and then press them together to make a new bar. I've done this before too. Also, you can just put the thin bar into a hand soap bottle and fill with water and it works great as hand soap too.

Sera is medawinks daughter, right? I'm still catching stuff. I didn't even know what surgery you all were talking about. I thought I should say though that I saw her pretty Halloween pics and I didn't even notice a cleft palate. She's a pretty little girl. Poor baby, I'm sorry she has to go through surgery.

Hawkeye, that's terrible about the phone. I'm sure they understand that these things happen. The pullet eggs are so fun. I have one that I don't know who it's coming from. Is their voice changing a sign that they are are mature enough to lay? For instance, I have a 3 mo old that is acting well beyond her months. She's clucking while her other hatchmates are still making a little peepy sound. She went right for the nest box when we moved them to the big coop and then the next day I got a tiny pullet egg. I thought, no way! Then today I picked her up and she's totally clucking. I'm so excited that you can begin breeding your blacks. I can't wait to follow along.

Night, ya'll.

 

[medawinks]

Hawkeye, aren't Silkie eggs miraculous! I still am amazed at how such tiny birds can lay such big eggs!!! Congrats on your new breeding program!!!

I haven't heard of LUSH.... I will have to look it up Sounds like good stocking stuffer materials!

My grandma used to do the same with bar soap, except that she used to let me make creations from the old bars she saved. She would soften them and they became my clay for sculpting new whatever
We spent the day yesterday cooking for freezer meals and today I will do the same. I also have to help a good friend's daughter with a Girl Scout cooking project for international foods. The thing is, though, she does not like most foods, so really doesn't like the tastes that don't appear in the very bland few ingredient foods she does like. We have to fix 4 dishes. I hope we come up with something besides spaghetti!

My oldest dug this up yesterday trying to duplicate a pie my grandmother used to make, which my 85 yr old dad keeps requesting. Grandma called it chess pie. Has lots of eggs in it so will be good for that and is also very inexpensive to make. Have any of you ever heard of chess pie? This isn't quite it- but it is yummy so I thought I would share.

Buttermilk Pie

3 eggs

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cups white sugar

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/8 tablespoon freshly grated nutmeg

1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust

Preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 degrees C).
Beat eggs until frothy; add butter, sugar and flour. Beat until smooth.
Stir in buttermilk, vanilla, lemon juice and nutmeg; pour into pie shell.
Bake for 40 to 60 minutes, or until center is firm.

Yes, Sera is mine She has a 4th degree Tessier Cleft that goes through her lower jaw, palate, cheek bones and her eyes. She has had surgeries to help with the external appearances which will need to be redone as she grows and is now starting some of the bone structure work. She is a beauty to me. Always has been. I miss her little split lips and extra wide smile, but it is her sweet spirit that shines through that most everyone sees before the see her facial differences. She is my hero


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[chicken danz]

Checoukan, for some reason it didn't multi your post and looks like I lost some others. Anyway, CUTE legbars! Those are looking like a lot of fun! I think RevolutionMama is doing those, too. Do you think you are going to do the Shawnee show? I think I'm going to give it up after the Hutch show next week. I still don't have my insurance money and so --NO vehicle!! I'm going to be stuck driving my huge one-ton dually truck down there. Uuugh. I would take my other truck (it's diesel) but it's only a two door and won't fit the cages. This is going to kill me on gas this coming weekend. Not to mention, this truck was my truck in highschool! It's a 1977 dualy-- you know, the BIG ones and it's not exactly pretty and is about 8-10 mpg. LOL I call her "Big Red".
We have one of those gas guzzlers. It's newer but it is a 10 cylinder Dodge. The mileage is about the same but it can pull anything.
LOVE this bird!!! This bird reminds me of a few birds my dad used to have that looked awfully similar. But his had tails...
Hawkeye as the cochins get older they get their tail feathers in which makes a huge big fluffy butt. He is just in that lanky stage right now before it forms. It makes like a huge powder puff looking bulge on the back.

Danz, great idea on the booklet!! You know what the crazy thing is? We had a rooster at our summer county fair get hung up by his spurs upside down in his show cage!!! His spurs were ridiculous!!! They were long and curling. The judge told the people to remove them, they were going to harm the bird by hanging him up at home or breaking a leg, etc.. I hope they did remove them, they were like 8 inchs long more MORE! All curled up. When he hung himself, we were frantic to get him down, he was fighting and throwing a big fit.
I had never notice this guys spurs being long. He is just a big old gentle rooster who rarely even leaves his house. I couldn't believe it when I actually looked. They are such balls of fluff that you kind of loose visuals of the legs and feet. I looked at a couple other roosters and many of them must have managed to break off their own spurs cause some are older and have short spurs. I've got a few that could use some trimming but there really isn't time right now.
I am selling a pretty big group next Friday weather permitting. I am also selling my black melanistic pheasants. I'll probably regret that because they lay tons of eggs. More danzsizing. I have to find places to put all my newer birds. In the process with danzsizing style I am trading some of the birds for a white peafowl hen who has already laid and hatched some chicks.

Danz, you do that. Gather up some supplies and plan some things and we will get some team work going and see what we can get done. I like to be busy and I like to work, although I'm a bit on the girly side. I don't know how to use power tools and I stink with a hammer but I'm not afraid to learn things and get dirty. The boys will work their patootie off, I may even be able to get my 17 yo to come, she's a worker too. I've been telling them all their lives that work is fun. We will just put it on the calendar. You'd have thought that his spur would have just broken off while he was hanging. Oh, our rooster the kids report has on the bottoms of his feet..... one pink and one yellow. I don't know what he is. My 13 yo is still picking him up since this night just because he knows he can now. You should probably give yourself some credit, your kids obviously think you're a wonderful mom and they had to have something to base that on. The front loaders can get stinky, I only had that happen once when I closed it when we went out of town. I just ran it on the sanitize cycle with baking soda and vinegar, no big deal really. I leave mine open all the time. I think the problem is that they seal tightly and there is moisture in there.
Ha! Ha! I am anything but girly. I like tools better than any man and especially power tools. I am a heck of a Bobcat operator too. Wish I owned one of my own. Bobcats are my favorite piece of machinery though. My farmer used to leave his here in the summer for me to use. Then he got spears for it and uses it to move big bales so I don't get to have it anymore. I can figure out how to operate about any piece of big equipment I think. Most years when I think of Christmas there is some new power tool on my wishlist. I usually don't ask for one but rather keep my eyes open for great deals.
Hawkeye, I didn't think that you were mean, I just perceived my mom as mean.
I didn't think so either. I Just remember how miserable I was that one time and I was always afraid of making my kids think I didn't want them around. I wasn't clean by any means and the kids' friends seemed to flock around. I worked so much that I wasn't home most of the time anyway. I always hired a sitter for the kids to come to the house rather than take them some place else. I had to leave so early in the morning that I wasn't about to get them up at that time.
Maidenwolf congrats on the egg! Woot! It feels so good to harvest your own food!
Originally Posted by medawinks

Hawkeye, aren't Silkie eggs miraculous! I still am amazed at how such tiny birds can lay such big eggs!!! Congrats on your new breeding program!!!
I haven't heard of LUSH.... I will have to look it up Sounds like good stocking stuffer materials!
My grandma used to do the same with bar soap, except that she used to let me make creations from the old bars she saved. She would soften them and they became my clay for sculpting new whatever
We spent the day yesterday cooking for freezer meals and today I will do the same. I also have to help a good friend's daughter with a Girl Scout cooking project for international foods. The thing is, though, she does not like most foods, so really doesn't like the tastes that don't appear in the very bland few ingredient foods she does like. We have to fix 4 dishes. I hope we come up with something besides spaghetti!
My oldest dug this up yesterday trying to duplicate a pie my grandmother used to make, which my 85 yr old dad keeps requesting. Grandma called it chess pie. Has lots of eggs in it so will be good for that and is also very inexpensive to make. Have any of you ever heard of chess pie? This isn't quite it- but it is yummy so I thought I would share.
Buttermilk Pie
3 eggs
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/8 tablespoon freshly grated nutmeg
1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust
Preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 degrees C).
Beat eggs until frothy; add butter, sugar and flour. Beat until smooth.
Stir in buttermilk, vanilla, lemon juice and nutmeg; pour into pie shell.
Bake for 40 to 60 minutes, or until center is firm.
Yes, Sera is mine She has a 4th degree Tessier Cleft that goes through her lower jaw, palate, cheek bones and her eyes. She has had surgeries to help with the external appearances which will need to be redone as she grows and is now starting some of the bone structure work. She is a beauty to me. Always has been. I miss her little split lips and extra wide smile, but it is her sweet spirit that shines through that most everyone sees before the see her facial differences. She is my hero
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Medawinks, chess pie actually has corn meal in it. It's a basic custard pie with cornmeal. Chess pie is my DILs favorite pie. I've never made it but she does quite often. I have too many other favorites.
I've got to make some pumpkin puree today to use up some pumpkins I grew and feed the guts to the birds. Might make a pumpkin pie just for fun.

 

[checoukan]

I was just on the Northeast Oklahoma- Northwest Arkansas poultry swap on facebook, someone just listed 3/4 pyraneese x 1/4 anatolian for sale, has pictures look like really cute pups, but, arn't they all!!!

 

[sharol]

does this one look right? http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Beths-Chess-Pie/Detail.aspx?prop24=RD_RelatedRecipes

It sounds right. We used to get it in Louisiana when we lived down there.

Sharol

Medawinks, chess pie actually has corn meal in it. It's a basic custard pie with cornmeal. Chess pie is my DILs favorite pie. I've never made it but she does quite often. I have too many other favorites.
I've got to make some pumpkin puree today to use up some pumpkins I grew and feed the guts to the birds. Might make a pumpkin pie just for fun.

 

[maidenwolfx80]

Hawkeye- The cochin has a tail he just wasnt holding it up for me. Not a long tail but a tail. The dandelion flowers are wonderful, the taste great really and dandelion greens washed and put in your salad are wonderul too. The bitter flavor that everyone associates with dandelions is only in the milk which is in the stem. The greens are alittle bitter you can cook them like greens if you dont like the bitter flavor, but bitter foods stimulate the digetive system so they are good to add to your diet. Try the fried flowers sometime, when you seperate the stem from the flower head make sure to get all the stem off it will just pop off will alittle help from a knife leave some of the green leaves at the top to hold the flower head together,, you will love them. In spring when my kids see the first dandelion pop up they come running and ask me to make them some lol.

Mommahen- I love chicory iin my coffee, I harvest the flowers too for use in other things but it is the root theat is used in coffee. I harvest mine dry it out,it takes sometimes a couple weeks for roots, and then I roast it inthe oven because I like the roasted taste. It is very plentiful around here.

It is raining like crazy and my turkey were out init all morning and are soaked to the bone I hope they go in and dry soon. Hope everyone is staying warm. Keep the ideas coming and yea someone should put together a book of all this and give it to all on here for xmas....

 

[HEChicken]

I'm going to try cooking the dandelion flowers. I love to see dandelions pop up and pick huge handfuls of them to feed to the birds - it helps to make their eggs more nutritious too. We still have a bunch growing, that took off when the temps cooled down this fall. We have also used the greens in our own salads. Carrot greens can also be used in salad and soup but they have a strong flavor so a little goes a long way.

I did think of a couple of other things I do to be frugal, and I was kind of reminded by Danz' ideas on saving moisturizer. I've never heated the bottles but like, I think it was Mommahen said, I turn all bottles upside down to the get the last drops of them out.

Another thing I do, is when I am defrosting meat from the freezer, instead of doing it in the microwave (which uses energy), or leaving it at room temperature (which wastes energy), I take it out the day before and put it in the fridge. This allows the fridge to work more efficiently because the colder item helps the fridge to keep everything else cold so it runs less.

And another energy saving tip is when I have something on the stove, I turn the burner off about anywhere from 60-120 seconds before the timer goes off. For example, if I am boiling pasta and have the timer set for 8 minutes, when there is a minute and a half left on the timer, I turn the burner off. It stays hot enough to keep the water boiling for the remainder of the time so the pasta is fully cooked, but I've saved a minute and a half of energy, which adds up over time. I also cook on the lowest setting possible. I used to boil things on high for the whole time but DH pointed out that boiling water is boiling water and if I can turn the heat to medium and the water is still boiling, it will cook it just as fast but use less energy, than keeping it at a rapid boil on high. He also taught me to put a lid on pans while getting the temp up to boiling temp. The water heats faster so uses less energy.

Danz, I had a high efficiency washer in Australia and absolutely loved it. The clothes got cleaner while using less water and less detergent. As a single mom over here, I couldn't afford anything fancy and bought a used set (not high efficiency) off Craigslist, that worked okay but when we moved to the new house, where the washer/dryer hook-ups are set up, required a front loading machine (i.e. the built-in cabinets right above prohibit a top-loading machine). So I got a new high-efficiency washer/dryer pair and really do love them. I haven't had them a year so perhaps my tune will change but based on my prior experience in Australia, I expect to continue to like them. The space for ours included a pedestal so I don't have to bend too low to pull the clothes out. You can either just set it up on something, or there are pedestals you can purchase with all of these machines to put them up at a height that makes them comfortable to use.

Mommahen, you asked about paleo. It is a "diet" that follows what paleo man (hunter/gatherers) would have eaten. So any kind of meat is fine, and any vegetable or nut, but no dairy or grains, is the basic gist of it. My BIL has RA and he decided to try this diet and found the symptoms of his RA went completely away within the first 3 months. They have now been eating this way for almost two years and his RA symptoms never returned. The difference in him is stunning - he went from not being able to pick up a book because his hands were so crippled, to being so fit and happy and healthy and ACTIVE. He is running and working out and looking really good. He figures he must be allergic to one or multiple grains and while he could do the elimination test (gradually add in one grain at a time until his symptoms return), he decided not to bother. He doesn't want to go back to feeling the RA symptoms - ever - and enjoys the paleo meals. I must say, I really enjoy eating at their house too. My SIL makes this dish called Paleo Grits that is just amazing. It starts with cauliflower which is riced and cooked, and she adds in some almond meal and salt and pepper and you really would think you were looking at a bowl of grits. Recently I tried making Paleo Mashed Potatoes using a head of cauliflower. I steamed it and then processed it in the food processor until it was the consistency of mashed potatoes. Since we are not paleo, I did add a little shredded cheese to the top and liberal amounts of pepper and a little salt and it looked exactly like mashed potatoes and was heavenly delicious too.

 

[chicken danz]

It is so cold out and the temperature is still falling. I really am not ready for this but am welcoming an excuse not to be outside working.
I was pretty happy this morning. I had all the birds but 5 penned. Usually the yard is full. And out of those I knew where 4 of them were sleeping. 2 more of those will be penned up tonight If we get home early enought to do it. I have a group sectioned off where i have birds housed that I am trying to teach a new place to roost at night. They aren't going to be running around outside for a while. I also have few "wild" chickens that sleep in the barn but they must have stayed in. I'm still hoping to put up a temp pen to catch them in so I can sell them for meat.
I'm impatiently waiting for some eggs to hatch. They should have been done by now. I need to move some chicks out to the brooder to make room for those that hatch. This is a small group of Brahmas and Bredas and it doesn't look like I am going to get hardly any out of it.
I just won some more Olandsk eggs. I wasn't going to hatch any thing else but in talking to a gal she told me she had an auction up for some with no exposure. I won them and although expensive, it sure beats paying a $100 a bird.
I was just reading about Jerusalem artichokes. I'm not sure if all the sunflowers growing around here are sunflowers or J artichoke plants. So I am thinking I will go dig some roots and see when it is nicer weather.. I found all kinds of recipes using them. I think it would be awesome to use some of these weeds for food.

 

[pikeman94]

Howdy Everyone!

I know long time no post. I have been up to my eyeballs in busy. I hope everyone is getting along ok and enjoying the much needed rain.

My girls are doing well. I did my Australorp three weeks ago to an owl. Last week one of my hens started sneezing so I pulled her from the flock and started antibiotic. I don't have any VetRX, but I am trying to get some. Now, two days ago two more hens started sneezing and have clear "buggers". I figured my coop was a little too vented so I got those vents plugged up. I have some electrolyte in their water to help boost their immune systems. Today they seem to be doing better. The are all eating like horses and out an about the yard. The bird in the garage is off of the antibiotic and onto the electrolyte, but is still coughing a little. Her demeanor is still great. Should I be overly concerned? Is there anything else I can do? Suggestions appreciated.

 

[chicken danz]

Good to see you again, Rob. So did any of those Marans turn out to be girls? I hatched another one a month or so ago and it is definitely a boy.
I would definitely get the vet RX and start using it. Colds run a course but the secondary infections can really hurt them. I have a couple birds sneezing but it doesn't seem to be an episode. Karen told me to use oxine in a vaporizer and I am convinced it saved a very expensive bird. I thought sure I would loose him.
Of course you'd have to order it as far as I know. She bought some stuff from valley vet that is really similar and cheaper. You could have it in day.