Title Chocolate Mice Cookies
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Children’s Book Read-and-Bake Series: Chocolate Cookie Mice for “Frederick” by Leo Lionni

Adorable Chocolate Cookie Mice are as much fun to make as they are to eat! These cute little critters start out as rich chocolate cookies. The addition of just a few sprinkles magically transforms the cookies into mice. Hi, I’m Wendy from The Monday Box, bringing you another Read-and-Bake recipe. This series links children’s picture…

duckling backyard chickens
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Confessions From The Coop ~ August 22, 2018

Duckling Update! This weekend, the ducklings took their first official swim (that was outside of their water bowl, at least). They took to it like….well….a duck in water, LOL! They had a ball, and also loved the shrimp I offered them. (That was a first for them, too!) It’s amazing that even though they’d never…

Dish of pumpkin seeds sitting next to a pretty orange pumpkin

Pumpkin Seed, Cayenne, & Wormwood Deworming Treat For Chickens!

If your chickens have worms, it can seriously derail their egg-laying. Why not make them a deworming treat? Roundworms, cecal worms, hookworms…oh my! Worms (aka freeloaders) rob your hens of vital nutrients while making it more difficult to pass manure, and generally just trash the insides of your chickens. So you gotta get rid of…

Brinsea Ovation 56 Advance Incubator fully digital for backyard chickens product photo
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Brinsea Ovation 56 Advance Incubator Product Review

*** For this review, the folks at Brinsea sent us their Brinsea Ovation 56 Advance Incubator with fully automatic egg turner and digital temperature and humidity control test run. Although we received the incubator for free, all the opinions in this article are true and accurate, and represent our own opinions. *** What we reviewed…

Adorable Coops design with flowers
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These 6 Adorable Fall Window Boxes Ideas Are Darling!

I love the looks of a window box, because it gives every coop a nice, polished appearance. And it’s so easy to do, and easy to change for every season. With fall coming up, and the days getting shorter, we’re falling in love with the colors of autumn. From mums to pumpkins to late summer…