Of Goats and Greens
A blog for food and cookery and discussions of weird things like nutrition, restaurant excursions, growing food in my own garden, DIY, and farmsteading/homesteading. But, mostly food. Mostly harmless...
I definitely steer to a preference for Real Food. (Would someone's great-grandparent somewhere have recognized that item as food?) Otherwise, I'm an omnivore who travels the world (gustatorially). Yes, I also make use of "odd bits". No, I don't bake desserts much -- I really don't have much of a "sweet-tooth". Nearly all of my recipes in recent years are gluten-free. And other than coconut, my recent and future recipes are tree-nut free, as I have digestive issues with those. There's a strong Paleo influence here.
I try to post recipes every Friday, with potential supplemental posts on Tuesdays.
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Tag Archives: chickens
Happy New Years!
Welcome to 2022! Let’s hope this year works out better than the last couple of them. Not that there hasn’t been good days and moments and events in the last two years, but overall, there was a level of distress … Continue reading
Spring Homesteading Plans, 2021
Or, The Annals of Future Food! We had six inches of snow by late morning, Friday 4/16. Most melted by Saturday; it was all gone by Sunday morning. It is the time of year that if and when it does … Continue reading
Homesteading: Chickens and Quail, Updates and Coop Life
Life is moving along with regards to both the chicken and the quail. Most of this post is about cooping them, along with adorable poultry photos…. Chickens: The main (first) coop now has five hens and one rooster. The rooster … Continue reading
The Quail Have Started to Lay! Plus, How Quail Differ from Chickens
New Homestead Developments! As of this morning, July 21st, I have a total of 4 quail eggs. Produced by my in-house Coturnix! Apparently I have at least two or three females and at least one male. There are seven mature … Continue reading
What’s Growing on the Homestead Today?
The photos here were taken May 8th (other than the 2-day old quail photo). Overnight … rain, then snow (again). But I’m enjoying the thoughts of new life and new growth, both vegetative and avian. (And, personal…) Trees are thinking … Continue reading
Raising Chickens Part VI: Feeding Those Layers
Here, we are only dealing with feed for adult laying chickens. (If you have an associated rooster, who is obviously NOT going to be laying a thing, he’s fine eating his harem’s food.) It is possible during the non winter … Continue reading
I’m a Chicken Grandma!
No, no. I’m not chicken to BECOME a grandmother, I’ve simply seen that one of my hens has hatched her first egg into a live chick format! Yes, Idril’s first chick has hatched! Now, Idril had gone broody … Continue reading
Raising Chickens, Part V: The Bin, or Storage at Your Coop
Like me, you may well have a bin for chicken supplies. Or, you may be keeping your chickens in a more barn-style coop, where you can have a dedicated storage room or at the least, a high storage shelf or … Continue reading
Chicken and Bird Feeder Pork Lard and Sheep Fat Cakes – for Your Flock
This recipe doesn’t contain chicken. This isn’t for you to eat, gentle reader. This is for the poultry under your care, but of course you can adapt this for wild backyard birds, too. (Or, front yard, if that’s where you … Continue reading
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Trekking to Semi-Distant Chickens and Poultry in Winter, Zone 5 or Thereabouts
Note: This post is a re-blogging of an older post (January 2019), with some edits from as I developed more experience, from those older days. The location of my hen houses are perfect for most the months of the … Continue reading →