Our first EGG!

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!" Luke 13:34

I like what Barnes' Notes on the Bible has to say about this verse. I think we need to heed this in our every day life. "We should be on our guard against crafty and unprincipled people. They often "profess" to seek our good when they are only plotting our ruin. Even those professedly coming from our enemies to caution us are often also our enemies, and are secretly plotting our ruin or endeavoring to prevent our doing good."

Yet, in the end we must remember that "The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down." Ps 146:9 AMEN to that!

This is our girl Xtra Crispy, we are pretty sure she was the egg layer, she was very worried when we took the egg away. She was searching all the nesting boxes and pacing back and forth.

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!