What I got for Christmas

Three lovely Americana chickens, and two I am not sure of,they came with the free hen house!!On Christmas eve I got a rooster. I will post pictures of him soon.
Goompy and Speckle, (may they rest in peace), were attacked and killed by a loose dog in the neighborhood. I miss them. I especially miss their eggs. I hope my new chickens lay eggs soon.

So did the chicken win?

Yes.

Goompy always wins.

Pumpkin

So, I did not take pictures of the carved pumpkins, but they did carve them. My frugal farmer idea was to steam the pumpkin, store it in the refrigerator to make pumpkin soup,and pumpkin muffins. Well, I was still steaming and storing pumpkin till 10:30 last night. I will have enough pumpkin to make pumpkin soup, pumpkin muffins,pumpkin fondue,more pumpkin muffins, and Goompy, and Speckle had pumpkin for breakfast this morning.Oh, and the skins went to the compost, and the seeds I roasted slightly and salted lightly.

Those silly humans

We thought Speckle and Goompy had been molting again, but boy were we wrong! Isaiah found two large piles of eggs behind the shed yesterday. Nicely hidden from us in soft quiet nests. Unfortunately many were rotten, and two even exploded when Isaiah tried to move them. Poor Isaiah. I heard them pop from inside the house. Fortunately 14 of the eggs were still good. Thanks girls.
Time to make some pound cake.

Organic, Grade A Large,Free Range Eggs

I told my kids that when Goompy and Speckle finish molting, we will make a cake that requires lots of eggs. Well, I looked up chocolate cake on Epicurious and found: Chocolate Stout Cake. This cake got 4 forks. We really liked this chocolaty,moist, not too sweet cake. The frosting is so easy too.

I like Epicurious because it is so easy to find a really good recipe. They have EVERYTHING.
I also like the way they rate it so you can quickly find which one is the best, then you can read reviews to help you make your final decision.

Chicken rides a bike!!!

Speckle just got done molting, so now, to celebrate she is going for a ride on Isaiah's mountain bike. I asked her where she was going and she said, "Going? What do you mean you crazy woman?"

Chickens are known to be quite sassy when they get done molting. Oh, and they start laying lovely brown eggs again after a molt. Goompy lays light brown eggs with a few speckles and Speckle lays pale brown eggs with no speckles. Chicken irony. Also, their eggs are grade A Large, and they are proud of that fact, very proud.

Goompy

This is our lovely chicken Goompy in our driveway after much rain. It rains here, that is why it is so green. I love my chickens, they are "Island Rock", and like their little chicken ways. Goompy's friend Speckle is always near, but not in the picture, Speckle purrs. Yes, that is right, I have a chicken who purrs. She purrs when she is very happy. Last night they were roosting on my porch and I heard her purring. They are NOT supposed to roost on my porch....but that is another story.