• Posts Tagged ‘eggs’

    She Was Hiding Something

    by  • January 9, 2012 • City Chickens • 2 Comments

    Can you spy the oddity in this picture? How about the chicken egg behind the bush?Which, upon looking closer, turned out to be a whole nest of eggs. It seems our chicken Austra has been laying for quite some time. We had our suspicions when her feathers grew back in completely and comb turned...

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    The Coop {Food Truck Review}

    by  • October 19, 2011 • Local Food, Restaurants • 2 Comments

    A food truck with a name dear to our chicken-loving hearts opened recently in close proximity to our house. Alex visited first, took pictures, and wrote this review: Clintonville is seeing an influx of food trucks recently.  Despite the objections of various stick-in-the-mud types, the diversity is only growing. The Coop is the latest...

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    Fruity Dutch Baby Recipe

    by  • April 20, 2011 • Recipes • 3 Comments

    The lovely Catherine of Photo Kitchen came over last week to take photographs for Hounds in the Kitchen Egg Week 2011. On Monday and Tuesday I shared how to blow out eggshells and decorate eggs with natural dyes. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s eggshell seedlings and Friday’s tips and tricks. Today I am sharing a...

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    Meal Plan April 10, 2011

    by  • April 10, 2011 • Meal Plan • 0 Comments

    Ingredients & Inspiration: Leaving on a 10 day vacation to Massachusetts on Thursday = Operation clean out the fridge We have half a head of cabbage, a head of lettuce, two boxes of spinach, three half gallons of milk, two bags of mozzarella cheese, a half dozen homemade buns, and most of a 32...

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    Eggs in Winter

    by  • February 9, 2011 • City Chickens, Local Food • 8 Comments

    Our backyard chickens are surviving well through this winter’s ice, snow, and feather-burning bulbs. They look plump and healthy and even brave cold feet to come clean up around the base of our bird feeder when there’s no active participation. But they aren’t laying well. We are collecting an average of two eggs a...

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    Vintage Egg Cartons

    by  • October 13, 2010 • City Chickens • 2 Comments

    Once I started keeping chickens in the backyard, I became the recipient of information relating to urban chickens through emails from friends and links on Facebook. These cartons are my first physical gift of chicken-related material and I LOVE them! My Aunt Liz, a seasoned flea market and thrift shopper, found them. My Uncle...

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