A History of Fun and Worthwhile Homegrown Turkeys and How to Hunt them in the Wild

by Herman Beck-Chenoweth, J. R. Smyth Jr. and B.C. Wentworth Turkeys are so fascinating, fast and large that Benjamin Franklin suggested that the turkey would be suitable as our national bird. "I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country," Franklin wrote. "He is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America." History of the Turkey WATT...

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More Lace Eggs!

by Jennifer Sartell I'm glad to see that so many of you are enjoying my post Turn Eggs Into Lace! In response to the enthusiasm you've shown in the form of e-mails, comments on my Facebook Page and here on Community Chickens, I thought I would do a follow up blog showing some more examples, and a few tips I've learned after doing several eggs. I also thought a video of the process might be fun! In the video, I only show one side being carved to save time, but the whole egg can be "laced". As you can see, towards the end of the video, I give...

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by Jennifer Burcke I’m still trying to recover from the disappointment of my failed natural Easter egg experiment. I had been counting on using these unique and beautifully colored hard-boiled eggs to decorate our Easter table at 1840 Farm. That was, until I removed the eggs from their naturally colored liquids and found dreary, gloomy eggs staring back at me. Those eggs made a fine egg salad for lunch, but were not going to make a fine centerpiece for our Easter table. It was time for me to get creative and come up with something fast. I knew...

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by Rebecca Nickols It is officially spring now, but for southern Missouri the weather has been unseasonably warm for months. We've had one of the warmest winters on record and during the last several weeks the temperature has averaged in the 70s and 80s°F. (I hope we won't be zapped by an April or May freeze.) Spring is a beautiful season in the Ozarks. The dogwoods, redbuds and lilacs are now in full bloom and we all have a bad case of spring fever (chickens included). The hens have enjoyed the shade of their favorite resting spot under...

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