Trying to be like the original example of a homesteading woman: "She's up before dawn, preparing breakfast for her family, and organizing her day. She looks over a field and buys it, then, with money she's put aside, plants a garden." Proverbs 31:15-16 (The Message)

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The One Year Bible for Women (NLT)

My Utmost for His Highest
by Oswald Chambers

Streams in the Desert
by Mrs. L.B. Cowman

Keep a Quiet Heart
by Elisabeth Elliot

Your Scars Are Beautiful to God
by Sharon Jaynes

A Woman's Secret to a Balanced Life
by Lysa TerKeurst & Sharon Jaynes

A Christian Woman's Guide to Hospitality
by Quin Sherrer & Laura Watson

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The Writer Magazine

Writer's Digest

Hooked
by Les Edgerton

Write Away
by Elizabeth George

Studying Health & Nutrition

Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit
by Adelle Davis

King Arthur Flour: The Baking Sheet

Cook's Country Magazine

Welcome to Morning Glory Farm

A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen,
is that you can take it to bed with you. ~Daniel J. Boorstin~

An egg in the hand is worth a dozen in the carton! - 10:28, Saturday, August 18, 2007

Today Lucy, our nearly 5-mo old Rhode Island Red (see the pictures of her with our grandson from Wordless Wednesday), laid her first egg. I knew something was going on when she didn't meet me at the front of the pen and quarrel to be let out. She was sitting in a corner of the sheltered portion. I went over to see what she was doing and saw that she had dug out a small depression in the dirt. She'd been letting us pet her the past few days and I thought I knew what that was about although I really wasn't expecting her to start laying before mid-September. The books and websites said it would happen when a hen is about 5-1/2 months old.

The ground is fairly hard where she was setting (and I don't want her in the habit of laying eggs on the ground) so I got out a plastic bin I used for indoor seed starting and filled it with pine bedding. I placed it near where she had been. She almost immediately climbed in and began arranging the bedding to suit her. I watched in fascination for a while and then went to get my daughter and grandson. We sat watching and then decided to go in the house for breakfast. When I looked out the kitchen window Lucy was leaving the box and heading to where the rest of the chickens were eating. I walked back out to find this:

Of course I called for Heather and then carried Hunter out to see. It was a great time to talk about how God made Lucy so she could make eggs for us. I love real life teachable moments. The egg is about 2 inches long and I can tell from the feel that the shell isn't as hard as the cage-free eggs I buy at the market. But it is a perfect specimen. I am amazed at the beauty of God's creation.

After all the work of the morning, Lucy's back to acting like herself. I guess building the full-blown chicken house will have to take priority next week instead of next month.

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Untitled Comment - 02:35, Saturday, August 18, 2007

It is so exciting to get eggs! I always say thank you to my "ladies" when they leave me eggs. How amazing it is that God created animals to give us nourishing foods like eggs.

Posted by kissesmomof4

Untitled Comment - 05:58, Saturday, August 18, 2007

We call our chickens "the girls", even our 2 yr old grandson. He'll go out and say, "Nana, can I feed the girls?"

Posted by PattyMarie

That's so cool - 06:24, Saturday, August 18, 2007

God's creation is so amazing!

You should put this in the Homestead Carnival!

Posted by UnlikelyHomesteader

Untitled Comment - 10:17, Monday, August 20, 2007

The carnival is up! Thanks for entering it. :-)

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