Life on a chicken ranch

Well my husband finally had time and patience to separate the chickens. So we now have roosters in one area and hens in another. Along with a few that we don't know if they are boys or girls yet. There was lots of commotion, but things have settled down today. And everyone seems happy now. We are hoping for eggs to come in the end of this month or early August.

The above picture is of one of our Wyandotte chickens.
In the coming month we have 4-H, this will be the first year of showing chickens, now we just have to figure out who to show. We had a few in mind but upon closer examination we have some odd balls, one adorable rooster with 5 toes on 1 foot.....lol. Another striking Rooster (Rhode Island Red, he is gorgeous!) but his tail is not show quality. And a bunch of Wyandotte, we don't like them because they escape and you cannot catch them! lol. The kids call them "Jail Birds" because they are black & white stripped like the cartoon characters in jail. They are as sweet as can be, but are so sneaky and have huge legs that don't tire easily.

My first gluten-free & dairy-free grilled cheese

I got my bread machine from Amazon.com the other day and thought I should try it out. I made a loaf of white sandwich bread that was gluten-free, wheat-free and casein-free. My guys gobbled it up! It tasted just like bakery fresh Italian bread, crusty outside and soft chewy inside. My son told me "Mom you out did yourself."
This morning I thought I would try to make a grilled cheese and it was good. Everyone was eyeing it.

Gluten Free Pizza! YUMMY!

I had the most wonderful gluten free pizza at a http://www.monicalspizza.com/ this week. I had bacon, green olives and extra sauce on the thin crust. The extra sauce really adds something when you can't do dairy, makes it really good. I ate 2 slices and took the rest home to freeze. I've since eaten more of it and it cooked up great in the microwave! I'm thinking Monicals will make a nice treat for me.

Have a wonderful week! And remember a week without God makes one weak!

Crazy Mamma

We call this one Crazy Mamma, all the kids think it's is mean looking and are scared of it. She/he reminds us of the Looney Tunes cartoon with Tweedy Bird, remember the episode where Tweety drinks a potion in the laboratory and becomes Dr. Heckle and Mr. Hyde.......lol. We don't know if this is a rooster or not, but it's funny looking.