Rabbits, and Chicks and Dogs and family oh my!

So, thought I'd post a bunch of pictures, just some that I've taken recently. As you can see, we always seem to have something going on!!! So the top picture, of the Chocolate bunny, that's George! George is the Son of Fred and Betty. He turned out to be a nice size buck, with good body size, and breeding Silver Fox, that's kind of an important thing.
Of course you know,  Jasper, Sam and Bella!!! (Jasper is the black and white, Sam is the grey and black, and Bella is the hound dog)(Just in case you're new to me). The chicks were hard to get pictures of, but I did get a couple of pictures. Now the black bunny is Fred, the grey one is Doris.
That adorable red headed little girl is my niece Faith. The sweet lady with her is my mother in law, who I would not trade for the world!!!
As you can also see, the dogs have been very busy digging a huge hole out back. I need to try and get a picture of the ditch that they seem to have dug. I believe that they are following a tunnel that something has dug under ground.
I know that this doesn't make up for my lack of posting here lately, but I've got lots of things on the fire, and hopefully will be able to keep up better once we get things going on a better more even keel.

Easy Dinner Rolls

Hello!!! And Happy Late Christmas!!! (yeah, I have neglected you all horribly) Christmas here was really great! We had a wonderful Christmas with my husbands family. My nephew and his new wife came up from Georgia, and they looked great! (Its really weird to say my nephew and his wife..am I getting old?) I do have some fun pictures coming up for you, some of the new chicks that I hatched out on December 14th, some of the dogs, and a couple of rabbit pictures. I need to introduce George to you all properly now that he's full grown, and about as big as his daddy (Fred)

So, I made these rolls for Thanksgiving, and I've been meaning to share the recipe for some time now. They work up really easy, and are quite tasty. Of course, these aren't nearly as pretty as their picture, but I'm not one who can ever get anything to look like the picture!  This is an icebox dough, and you can make the dough up to 4 days ahead of time if you are super busy. Now, I didn't make mine ahead that far, but I did get the dough started that morning, and had it in the oven by the time I got done prepping, and getting everything else going. Now, I know you can buy pre made rolls, and that's awesome if you really don't have the time or inclination to make stuff by scratch, but there are times when home made rolls are just way more tasty. (Sorry Mathew)(FYI for anyone wondering, Matthew is my favorite grocery store boy.)

So, here goes the recipe!

Ingredients:
1 cup warm water
(105 F. to 115 F.)

2 packages active dry yeast

1/2 cup (1 stick)
butter, melted

1/2 cup sugar

3 eggs

1 tsp salt

4 - 4.5 cups unbleached
all-purpose flour

Additional melted butter
(optional)

makes 2 dozen rolls

Directions:
Combine the warm water, and yeast in a large bowl. let the mixture stand until yeast is foamy, about 5 minutes.

Stir in butter, sugar, eggs and salt. Beat in flour, 1 cup at a time, until dough is too stiff to mix (Some flour may not be needed). Cover and refrigerate 2 hours or up to 4 days.

Grease a 13-x-9 inch baking pan. Turn the chilled dough out onto a lightly floured board. Divide dough into 24 equal-size pieces. Roll each piece o a smooth round ball; place balls in even rows in the prepared pan. Cover and let dough balls rise until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 375 F. Bake until rolls are golden brown, 15-20 minutes. Brush warm rolls with melted butter, if desired. Break rolls apart to serve.

Now, a word of warning, these are so good right out of the oven, that they can be hard to stop eating!!! They are super good!!! (Well I think so, but then I don't bake anything I don't like!)

Hatching eggs...again

So, I have eggs in the incubator...again.. These eggs however, I purchased from a lady that I met on the Virginia Farm site on Face Book. I don't recommend just meeting people willy nilly that you are purchasing from online. There are some safety factors that need to be considered. Always meet in public, and never meet alone.

I'm not sure how well this video is going to show up for you guys, its the first time I've uploaded a video from my phone, onto the computer, and then put it on here. From my phone to FB is another matter completely, but this is a new thing.

So, I took a video of me candling an egg. Now I was doing all of it by myself, because Frank was at work, and I wanted to see if the iPhone camera is as awesome as they say. It seems to be, but you all be the judge! Enjoy!!!!