{I'm still here promise}

Where has the time gone! I can't believe I haven't blogged for so long, but I have been having one of the best summers ever if it's any consolation.

Let's see...Since I last blogged so much has happened, the "girls" are actually 4 roosters and only 2 hens. And they are starting to resemble small t-rex.  

Oh and that picture, it's 2 weeks old they are 4 times the size now. I'm hoping they quit growing soon. We have decided to butcher the roosters when they are plump enough. Hope that doesn't gross you out! It's happening.

What else, we went on vacation at Golden B.C. with a group of friends so much fun!

Beautiful scenery.

And I caught a fish!

We did some more camping...

And caught more fish!

Oh ya and we saw this little guy on our hiking trip in Radium, B.C.

Along with tons of softball games (our tourney starts next week on Wednesday and it's 5 days long!!)We've been having an awesome summer and I hope you have been too!!

I'm also linking up with liferearranged for instafriday!

{Pullet or Roo}

I know the, difference do you?

{The Girls...}

The girls... Well they aren't so girly! Only two out of six are girls, the rest sadly I believe are Roos! Come back tomorrow, I'll be sharing how to tell the difference!

{Coop Cleaning}

I saw this awesome recipe for an all natural coop cleaning solution on this great blog I recently discovered Fresh Eggs Daily I just had to try it out!!

For this tutorial you will need:

3 Large glass Mason jars

4 Large oranges

6 Cinnamon sticks

Vanilla beans

and lots of white vinegar

I started by cutting the oranges into quarters, and then peeled them. I saved the oranges for smoothies and stuff.

I divided the peels into the Mason jars equally...

I broke the cinnamon sticks in half added them,

Then added the vanilla bean, after I cut it length wise.

Top the jars off with vinegar,

Seal and let the jars rest for about a month. I left mine on the window sill! In one months time strain and add solution to a spray bottle!

Be sure to check out Fresh Eggs Daily, and find out the benefits of cinnamon, and vanilla in your coop!

{PW Corn Dogs}

I've heard so much about this PW lady I just had to check out her blog...for those of you who aren't familiar {you probably all know her already} PW means or is The Pioneer Woman. I will admit she is pretty awesome, has her own TV show, cook book, garden, blah blah blah...So anyways as I was surfing her blog I came across a corn dog recipe, of course I had to try it!!

For PW corn dogs you will need:

- 3 cups Pancake mix

- 1 cup Cornmeal

- 1 egg

- 3 cups of water

- hotdogs

- some sticks {I used shishkabob sticks, she suggested chop sticks, but who knows where you can buy those at?}

- Oh and one deep fryer or hot pan of oil

Mix your dry ingredients

Next add your egg lightly beaten, and water to desired thickness

I found super thick was the easiest when it came to coating the hotdogs, but just do whatever works best for you.

Stick your dogs, coat, and fry until golden brown, and eat :)

Le' Corndog!

{In the Garden}

{Funniest Thing I've Seen a Chick Do...}

Shit.

Have you ever seen a chick take a poo before? It is the funniest thing I have ever seen!! They put their wings up and take about 3 or 4 shuffle steps back and then.....pppfft

A poop.

But on the more serious side, chicken poop is also pretty important the first couple days of a chicks life. I never thought I would be so concerned with a chicken pooping as I have this last week. I had to make sure I saw every chick poop, see what the poop looked like, make sure it came out okay, and check for pasty butt!

Pasty Butt: Chickens have one hole that is used for laying eggs, pooping, urinating and mating. This hole is called a vent. A chick’s mother hen keeps her chicks’ vents clear, but if you are raising the chicks yourself, the vent can become clogged and you end up “pasty butt.” I have read that this can happen during shipping–some say from temperature changes, some say from stress. A chick can actually die from pasty butt because it cannot poop until the pasty butt is cleared.

So yes I cleaned 5 out of 6 little butts using the q-tip method. Warm not hot water ouch! Use your q-tip with warm water to gently remove any built up poops. I also applied a bit of olive oil around the vent with a q-tip as I heard that can prevent future pasting up :)

Linking up for the first time today!!