It's a quiet Sunday afternoon here on the farm. O Wise One has gone fishing. I got up early this morning and put a whole chicken in the crockpot to bake. Cut corn off the leftover corn on the cob last night and creamed it. Shelled a small pot of horticulture beans and put them in a cast iron pot on the back of the stove, some onion, bacon and a little garlic and slow cooked for a few hours they should be delicious. A skillet of crunchy corn bread is cooling on the counter as I type this. And a yellow snack cake with chocolate icing is in my cake keeper. Sunday dinner is ready when he gets home.
We ended up hatching 18 chicks all together. 11 under the chicken and 8 in the incubator. They were all black but one little yellow one. The eggs were given to me by a friend. We put them all under the old chicken and she took them all except the one little yellow one. She pecked it until she had it bloody before I noticed it. All the little black chicks were pecking it too! I have brought my little yellow chick in the house and it is going to be a house chicken for awhile in here with mama where it is safe. I told Baby O I am going to name it Paula. Let's hope it is not a rooster : )
Next week I hope should be a little slower. Crops to pick okra, blackberries, cucumbers and maybe red beans again and corn. With the heat breaking and cooler weather moving in we are scrambling right now to plant fall crops. Rain is in the forecast for the next 3 or 4 days and it would be nice to get it in before the rain.
For all of you trying my pickle recipes let me know what you think and how yours come out!
My main objective next week A NEW COMPUTER of my own. I dislike laptops probably because I am not used to them but I should just be thankful Baby O is letting me use it!
Until tomorrow!
Blessings from The Holler
The Canned Quilter
Poor Paula. Hope she turns out okay, and not a rooster as well :o). I love my laptop. I am able to curl up in bed with it when I am having a bad fibro and RA pain day. Sadly, today was one of those days.
ReplyDeleteYou know I think that I am just so used to a desktop that is all. Maybe if I had to use it long enough I would get used to it : )
DeleteYou take good car of Paula! She needs all the friends she can get right now!
ReplyDeleteShe really is a sad little sight with her head all bloody but she is getting better. A little neosporin on her wounds and some extra food, water and attention and she will be on the road to recovery in no time and one very spoiled little chicken : ) We won't be eating this one !!
DeleteSweet of you to take such good care of your littles!
ReplyDeleteMarcy is elbow deep in peaches. We are blessed.
ReplyDeleteYum! Mine aren't quite there yet.
DeleteCould your little chick be named after another Paula who has taken a pecking lately?
ReplyDeleteIndeed she was : ) The situation just seemed kind of similar. Poor little Paula broken and bleeding and they just kept pecking and I so dislike people picking on people.
DeleteLove the Paula reference! Im with you..it boils my blood to see people being bullied. If that wasnt what that was, I dont know what is.
ReplyDeleteIm afraid Im with you regarding computers. M'honey has a desktop and he bought me a laptop since he has to kick me off sometimes to do work, but I still prefer the desktop PC hands down & usually only use the laptop when I must use it or need it in the kitchen for a recipe if I havent printed it out already. ;)
I've had the laptop for 3 or 4 years and I like it ok.. but a regular PC is much easier to use and much easier on the arms, hands, & eyes.