Stella's Social Club

[The Sheriff]

Have you made the sweet ones before? I never had a sweet one till I moved to the desert... by the border were talking homemade.... there was a family owned restaurant and every christmas they would sell them by the bag full frozen. Id get pork and beef and the ones with fruit in them....

deb

I am thinking about making some sweet ones too next week. I like them.

 

[The Sheriff]

Good grief, just when I decide to give up the Brabanters the two oldest girls started laying today. Cracked both eggs and both were fertile! Oh well!

 

[drumstick diva]

it's a woman's prerogative to change her mind - just sayin'

 

[Happy Chooks]

Just finished making 84 tamales for Michael's family for Christmas. I made pork with guajillo red chile sauce, chicken with tomatillo sauce, and beef with pasilla red chile sauce. I ran out of masa before I get any made for my family. I'll start again on Monday! I buy masa from the local Mexican market because it is the best. I have wrecked it before so I don't take any chances now. I won't be able to get any more until next week.
That's ok because my feet are killing me! I have a few steaming for dinner tonight. Had to taste test, right?

Wow, 84! I have never made tamales, but I understand they are very time consuming.

Good grief, just when I decide to give up the Brabanters the two oldest girls started laying today. Cracked both eggs and both were fertile! Oh well!

They are trying to get you to change your mind.

 

[The Sheriff]

  They are trying to get you to change your mind.

They should have thought of that before crapping up the next boxes!

 

[1muttsfan]

 

[Eva2012]

Good grief, just when I decide to give up the Brabanters the two oldest girls started laying today. Cracked both eggs and both were fertile! Oh well!

Winter is a bad time to evaluate laying.... they are beautiful

 

[Eva2012]

Thought I'd share the sugar research.... Dr. Mercola
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/a...gn=20141221Z1&et_cid=DM62903&et_rid=772710660

 

[The Sheriff]

I will be so glad when Friday comes and I can get this bow off my head!

 

[The Sheriff]

Michael cleaned four coops for me yesterday and helped me take down the shade cloths in preparation for the snow I am hoping for!

The coops are still a bit wet inside but we have yet a new ventilation idea in mind that will hopefully work to keep them drier in the winter.

The worst coop has had a safe heater running in it since yesterday to dry it out. Today I should be able to get in them with the shop vac and get all the little stuff and cobwebs. Then I'll spread clean shavings, DE and Sweet PDZ, open the vents and hopefully have much nicer accommodations for breeding the most beautiful flock of Icelandics I've ever had.

I am picking up Kelly's two boys tomorrow and I saw my silver guy trying to get jiggly with one of the girls this morning! Now all I have to do is get the Brinsea Ova-Easy to cooperate. That will be the tricky part. Michael moved it back upstairs for me and I will baby it every step of the way and add water to the pump every time I walk past it. I feel so excited about getting back to what I love, Icelandic chickens.

Thank you guys for taking Mr. Toad's Wild Ride on Mary's Bipolar Chicken Breeding Roller Coaster! Hang on to your belongings (chocolate and ice cream) and keep your arms in the ride at all times! Here we go!