Categories
Chickens Gardening

It’s Official – Days Getting Longer

OK, it’s official, the days are getting longer.  How do I know?  The girls are laying more eggs.  They are not up to their normal summertime output of a dozen eggs per day, but getting six eggs in one day is a sure sign that spring will once again return to the land.

The last several weeks we have only had two or three eggs per day.  When I collected eggs this evening I collected six. A nice change.  I guess that the girls are happy even if yard is mostly covered in snow.

Categories
Home Brewing

“Better Red Than Dead” Ale Recipe

This is another malt forward beer.  This is a dark Irish Red Ale.  It has a bit of a fruity character balanced with roast bitterness. Pours with a nice creamy head that hangs on for a couple of minutes.  The recipe came from the March/April 2009 issue of Zymurgy.

Categories
Chickens Gardening

Chicken with Grits

Normally if you hear the phrase “Chicken with Grits” you think of something that you would eat. I guess in a way it does end up being that (after their eggs have been collected). In this case this is a description of the feeding frenzy that will happen in the hen house on a cold winter’s morning.

To help warm the chickens, improve their attitude and just basically spoil them, the chickens will sometimes get a warm pot of grits for breakfast. For those that are not familiar with grits, they are a course ground corn cereal or mush. I like mine with Frank’s Hot Sauce and salt and pepper. The chickens get theirs plain.