Salsa Sunday

With lots of snow on the ground this morning, it was clearly a day to be indoors.  So Salsa Sunday. First up in the food processor, onion, garlic, jalapeño peppers and a few spices. Then added to the pot for cooking.   Next up the tomatoes, peeled and ready for processing. After processing, the tomatoes…

New Chicken Cam

We have been using a dlink 930 webcam to monitor our chickens and brooder. From various times we have looked in on the chicken run, checked out the roosting order in the hen house, and even kept an eye on the hens as they started laying eggs. Currently we are watching the new chicks in…

Sophia Red

It is difficult for us to tell some of the hens apart, which one is which?  Particularly with the Barred Rocks.  The Wyandottes too are are very similar in appearance, but the differences are a bit easier to tell.  Except when they are all moving about with the rest of the flock, they sort of…