#2 - Elder darling son got into Carnegie-Mellon! YAY! He is pretty sure this is where he will go. We are all happy and relieved!
(ignore the underwear on the clothesline!)
There are nice big screened windows, front and back. Leaning on the wall is a plexiglass window
which we will put in for the winter time and remove in the summer. The door is made, should get the second window and the door finished tomorrow, and hopefully finish the run next weekend, then I think a thrift store run will be necessary because really, such a glorious coop will need a chandelier don't you think?
While Dave was working on the coop, I started cutting the winter rye in the beds so it can lie for a bit then get turned under. I had a brilliant idea: let the chickens do some of the work! So Roberta, Mavis, Lulu and Mini got to spend the day outside in the garden beds:
They were SO happy digging, scratching, picking at bugs! They will be out again tomorrow! The little girls are not really ready yet unless it gets warmer outside than expected. They have been named. The two Buff Orpingtons are Buffy (I know, clever huh? snort!) and Bella - went with the vampire thing, the Ameraucanas are Agnes, the light one, and Ethel, the darker one. Ethel has really nice wing coloring, I am curious to see what she looks like as she grows up. Interestingly, the chickens have yellow-orange legs, but the two Ameraucanas have greyish blue legs!
Bella (smaller one) and Buffy (bigger)
Ethel and Agnes (aka: Effie and Aggie)
On the cooking front - I am having alot of fun with sourdough, so far the favorite is - waffels! I am using the sourdough starter from my new favorite book that I have a crush on: Urban Homestead, from the folks of the Homegrown Evolution blog which is my newest blog crush. The blog is really interesting, funny and chock full of information on more things than you can imagine from beekeeping to backyard eco-systems to bicycles and garden gnomes.
2 Cups starter
2 Tbsp sugar
4 Tbsp cooking oil (I used half melted butter)
1 egg-lightly beaten
1/2 tsp salt
mix these all together, (remember to add flour and water back into the starter jar) and get your griddle ready. Right before you are ready to make the waffles, stir 1 tsp of baking soda with about a Tbsp of water and stir it into the batter - don't beat it, stir it in gently so as it begins to foam up a bit, you retain the bubbles. Cook the waffles - eat them! You can use the same recipe for pancakes.

Lisa - the coop is looking great (even with underwear on the line), the chickens look fantastic, and I LOVE your waffle iron! Congrats on all the great news with the kids, too.
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Great job on your chicken coop! And smart to let them help you get your gardens ready. It's funny that you mention the color of your chickens legs...someone once told me that the color of the leg=color of the egg. Just thought I'd pass that on :) Y
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