my version of huevos rancheros

Our girls are laying.  Yesterday we received 5 eggs from them.  So, it’s huevos rancheros time.  It is one of my favorite dishes.  It is not authentic.  Just to be clear on that. I cheat on the sauce but when it’s this good, why bother to make something else.  The sauce is Hatch’s Green Chile [...]

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cucumber beetles – DO NOT TRY THIS

I have read that putting chickens in your cucumber patch will resolve your cucumber beetle infestation. I’m really getting frustrated will these pests (beetles not chickens). So, I thought I would give it a try. I made a pen around the cucumber patch and set the chickens in. [...]

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Chicken run and World Vision

Excluding the door and some ground work, the chicken run is done. Thanks to my wonderful husband for a job well done! There should be no complaint by the neighbors as to the appearance. It has a great tin roof. If not for the chicken poo, it would make for a nice porch to [...]

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the peeps (baby chicks) in their play-land

While my wonderful husband works on the outside run of the coop, the peeps have a temporary enclosure. It looks like a play-land but we’d hate for the peeps to be bored. The umbrella on top serves two purposes in providing shade and a cover to keep Gylfie from flying out. It [...]

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a few more photos of the new flock

As you can see, they all seem to get along. We decided to keep them in separate boxes at night though. Because the age difference, they needed slightly different temperatures for their boxes. Soon, a connecting box would allow travel from box to box.
Now, my husband is designing the coop. [...]

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