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Chick handling from the pro’s

September 8, 2010

We’ve had chicks on and off on the “farm” since March. Remember this? And I continue to hatch more and more. And lucky for me the boys still love each and every new chick that hatches. And since the boys have so much chick experience they thought it would be nice to share the proper [...]

Chicken Traffic jam

September 1, 2010

The other morning I walked out to let the chickens out and check on them, when I came across this sight. *Just a warning this post shows a chicken laying an egg, so if your squeamish about that kind of stuff, don’t scroll down.* If you can’t quite tell what’s going on that is four [...]

A hot day around the “farm”

August 28, 2010

Just a typical hot August summer day, and the boys wanted to play outside and were we do just about anything to survive the heat. I put a sprinkler out for the boys to play with, water the grass and the chickens also enjoy walking in the cool water and getting a cool drink. Minnie [...]

My backyard chickens eggs

August 20, 2010

This egg recall really has me thinking about raising chickens. Initially, it started for the eggs, oh the glorious beautiful, golden yolk eggs. I was spoiled on these truly free range eggs from my in-laws, and hadn’t bought a egg in months. Until one day I ran out and had to buy pale, no flavor, [...]

Chickens for sale

August 7, 2010

Updated 6/8/2011 I love a beautiful, colorful egg basket like this: * (starting clock wise Olive eggers, Ameraucana, Black Copper Marans, Naked Neck, Easter Egger, Black Copper Marans, Olive Egger, Ancona white, Salmon Favorelle, Easter Egger.) So I also love the chickens that produce various colors of eggs. I am incubating Olive Eggers chicks, which [...]

Chicken News

July 3, 2010

It happened folks, it really happened. You might remember many many moons ago I had a dream of blue and green eggs. (I dream big, don’t I?) Well my beautiful sweet Hadlee the Easter Eggers gifted me with my very first bluish speckled white green egg. Isn’t it cute! Here’s it in comparison to Pesky’s [...]

The Watermelon Chickens

June 30, 2010

It’s Hot! Really, Really, hot. So much so that, my poor chickens, walk around with their beaks open and wings spread out, just hoping for a cool breeze. That never comes. So as a treat I cut the ends off of a watermelon and stuck them in the freezer for about an hour. Then I [...]

The Great Oz

June 2, 2010

Oh little Ozzy, Wozzy, Pozzy, Snozzy; The Great OZ. Why, oh why, do you have to be so sweet? Why couldn’t you be a flighty, scary, bite your hand. kind of little rooster? It would make things so much easier. When its time to give you away. Instead, your the sweetest, cuddly, little fall asleep [...]

Summer Garden week 7 and new chicks

May 21, 2010

Every year around this time I start questioning why we plant so many squash, because they ultimately start to consume your life, there is only some much squash 4 people can eat. It never fails I think well let only plant 4 zucchini 4 yellow squash, but 4 turns into at least 8 each. Because [...]

Summer Garden week 6

May 14, 2010

The garden is still growing and producing extremely well, we haven’t had any rain in what seems like forever so I am watering about every other day. I am also picking yellow and zucchini squash almost everyday and have had tons and tons. Good thing we just love it. I have some more zucchini recipes [...]

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Howdy, y’all! Welcome to my blog world. I am Sweet Pea, a 20-something Texas native and a newlywed…well, almost. We wed May 2006. Shortly after we were blessed with identical twins boys born November 2007.

My husband, whom I lovingly call Double Trouble (DT), owns and operates a trucking company, and we use our CB handles as our names here.

I however recently converted from a working mom to a stay-at-home mom. I love the new challenges that it brings and enjoy sharing my triumphs, messes, and adventures with you. I hope you enjoy reading about our busy lives with babies, cooking, gardening, trucking, and bargain shopping.