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Hippychick's Gardens

living a smalltown texas homestead inspired life
(bastrop, Texas)

victory chickens - rare and heritage breeds - ready for new homes!


hippychick's victory chickens - all birds raised on coyote creek organic chicken feed - six and eight week old organically fed rare and heritage breed pullets and 1 welsummer rooster. most girls are at eight weeks old with a hatching date of june 21 2oo9. the welsummers, ameraucanas and marans were hatched at a later date - they are at six weeks of age with a hatching date of july 5 2009.
*speckled sussex - developed in the county of sussex in the early 19th century. lovely to look at. layer of creamy to light brown eggs (1 available)

* dominiques - developed in new england in early 19th century. not distinguished from the barred rock until apa standards were developed. most modern dominques may be traced to stock developed by a. q. carter after 1900. layer of brown eggs. (n/a - sold)

* appenzeller spitzhauben - developed in switzerland centuries ago. beautiful speckled ladies with black fluffy top head feathers. layer of white eggs. (1 available)

* golden laced wyandotte - developed in new york state and wisconsin in the late 19th century. layer of light to rich brown eggs. (n/a - sold)

* barred plymouth rock - developed in america in the middle of the 19th century and was first exhibited as a breed in 1869. layer of brown eggs (2 available)

* ameraucanas - south american breed. layer of blue green and tinted eggs. (n/a - sold)

* cuckoo maran - developed in france in the early 20th century. layer of dark chocolate brown eggs. (n/a - sold )

* welsummer - developed in holland in the 20th century. layer of terracotta colored eggs. (1 pullet - 1 rooster available {beautiful roosters})


and a few who are not rare or heritage in breed but are great egg laying birds to add to your flock
* black sex link - is the result of crossing two purebred standard breeds; the rhode island red rooster and the barred rock hen. - (1 available)

$15 per bird
all sales cash only
limited numbers available - claim your babies now
please email your breed preference to hippychickenfarmer@gmail.com
hippychick
05:55 PM CDT

mozz in the mornin' - waking with cheese

morning
favored time
when day need not be rushed
waking gently stepping lightly
eyes focus adjust find clarity
favored light
breathing peaceful
quiet cool chickens coocoo
til' roo ah roo sounds his windy song
ahrahrooooawww
wakey wakey
gentle morning
gentle cheese
mozzy mozzy
fondle squeeze pull please





recipe here
for ricki carrol's thirty minute mozzarella

i am not using this particular recipe as i am using fresh cow's milk and would like to go for a richer more flavorfilled curd. i will use a thermophillic starter and lipase powder. for the recipe i follow this fine morn', please turn to page 136 of your home cheese making hymnal.





morning meditation
ivory vespers this promised eve'

cooked whey ricotta cooling
warms my heart

a veiled beauty in waiting

ricotta
hippychick
12:24 PM CDT
 

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