Microwave Potato Chips
When cold weather keeps us indoors, I have more time for homemade snacks. One of our favorites is warm microwave potato chips. This recipe is easy and fast — no more than 15 minutes — and makes a nice little...
Who Is Afraid of Chickens?
Alektorophobia is the irrational fear of chickens, often stemming from past traumatic experiences. This anxiety disorder leads to extreme reactions, sometimes culminating in panic attacks at the mere thought of chickens. Treatment typically involves gradual exposure to chickens, although severe cases may require therapy. It remains underreported due to embarrassment among sufferers.
Oven Fried Chicken & Potholders
Somewhere along the line someone gifted me with a pair of rooster potholders. Even though they were rather small and thin, I thought they were cute. So I used them. That is, until I burned my hand moving a skillet...
9 Chicken-Theme Plants for Your Garden or Windowsill
Many plants have names that refer to chickens. Some are essentially weeds like the chickweed that tries to take over my garden. Others are ornamentals like hen and chicks, which grow either indoors or out. Here are nine fun chicken-theme...
Challenges of Breeding Lavender Ameraucanas
Lavender, or a sort of pastel slate blue, is one of the loveliest plumage colors in chickens. The color lavender is not common, primarily because of the breeding challenges involved. Still, several breeds come in lavender varieties, including Ameraucana, Marans,...
You Can Grow Potatoes from Seed
Every few years our Yukon gold potatoes develop seed pods, also known and potato berries, that look like little green cherry tomatoes. Last year we had an abundant crop of potato berries, so I wondered if you can grow potatoes...
21 Ways Ducks Differ from Chickens
If you are considering getting ducks, you likely already have chickens. To help you understand the habits and needs of ducks, here are just of the many ways ducks differ from chickens. Brooding Requirements Ducklings in general are much hardier...
Fresh Strawberry Pie
Decades ago a restaurant in the town where we do our shopping served an amazing fresh strawberry pie that my husband Allan and I always stopped to enjoy. Then one day they switched to aspartame. Thereafter, we decided that if...
Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs
How difficult can it be to make perfect hard boiled eggs? All you need is eggs and hot water, right? Well, not exactly. Of the many methods I have tried, some resulted in eggs that were impossible to peel. Others...
Can You Sex an Egg Before It Hatches?
Numerous folk methods floating around the internet claim to accurately determine the sex of an egg before or during incubation. But do they work? Can you really sex an egg before it hatches? Technically the gender ratio of chicks at...
How Much Milk to Bottle Feed an Orphan Goat
Nubian doe Frosty was extremely timid and cautious. Before she would do anything new, she took her sweet time checking things out. So when she had her first kid, she wasn’t sure if she wanted to be a mother. She...