Cackleberry Farm - Fresh Homegrown Goodness

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving everbody from MamaHen here on Cackleberry Farm.

11/15/2024

11/15/2024

Hay everbody it's me, Mama Hen
Be careful what you ask AI to create. This is not my idea of an Asian chicken breed with defined features, sleek body style and good temperament. 🤣Comment below if you'd like more creative content like this. Love Mama Hen

10/03/2024

Wanted to let everyone know I made it through hurricane Helene and will post again soon. Old Mama Hen is still lickin.

08/29/2024

All work and no play makes Mama Hen grumpy, let's make us up a batch of cookies...

Mama Hen's Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies

Here's whatcha gotta have:
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup of butter
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons hot water
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts

Here's whatcha gotta do:
Turn yer oven onto 350°F and yet gonna get a bowl and cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until it's nice and smooth. Now, beat in yer eggs one at a time, then stir in yer vanilla. Get a little bowl and take yer baking soda and dissolve it in the hot water then just add it into the batter along with the salt. Alright, now you wanna stir in the flour, chocolate chips, and nuts until it mixed up and yer gonna drop big spoonfuls of the dough onto ungreased baking pans. Yep ungreased. Yer gonna bake em for about 10 minutes or so watching em for the edges to be brown and they're done. Take em out, let em cool a bit and enjoy! Love y'all bunches pieces. Mama Hen

08/29/2024

Cue the news broadcast music 😂 hello everbody it's Mama Hen. I'm just checking in to let y'all know that Cackleberry Farm eBay store is closed for the fall/winter season for ordering hatching eggs and that we will no longer be carrying many of our breeds. Ol' Mama Hen is getting kinda feeble and the farm egg business is a lot of work on my rickety ol bones. So I'm announcing it that the chicken hatching eggs side will be limited to most likely Plymouth barred rock, frizzle bantam cochin, Salmon Favorelle and of course barnyard mix breeds come Spring. I will continue to dish out all my old recipes, any needed chicken or farm advice and my usual shenanigans. It'll be just fine. Life's all about change but ya still go on livin'.

08/19/2024

I stand corrected we DO NOT have a troll. We have a customer that was with someone that did a local pickup of Maran and Wyandotte eggs. Was satisfied with the hatch rate of the wyandottes but not the Marans, Marans were replaced free of charge and customer was still not satisfied because they didn't hatch as many as the wyandottes. I go to great lengths to make sure all customers are satisfied even replacing eggs free of charge but, as all breeders know, we can not guarantee hatch rates on every single dozen of eggs we sell. It's impossible, weather, molting, etc all effect fertility. Once again, I apologize for thinking this person was a troll, the name didn't match any records I had. I don't usually have a problem with people that are knowledgeable about hatch rates and having a farm and don't this time. I replaced the dozen free of charge and she had hatches on both dozens so I'm just gonna leave it at that. As all of you know, I've retired from being a breeder after many years. Most all of the birds are gone and I'm facing some serious health battles in the near future so keep me in your prayers. I'll keep posting quality content and I'm always right here if anyone needs me, old Mama Hen gotta rest awhile. Good night all. God bless. ♥️🙏🌹

08/18/2024

Mama Hen's Poor Boy Casserole
Here's whatcha gotta have:
1 lb Lean Ground Beef
1 Small Yellow Onion, diced
4 Medium Russet Potatoes, peeled and sliced
8 oz Cheddar Cheese, grated
1 10 oz Can Cream of Chicken Soup
1 10 oz Can Cream of Potato Soup
1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
¼ Cup Milk
1 teaspoon Creole Seasoning
⅓ Cup Crispy French Fried Onions
Salt and Pepper to taste

Here's whatcha gotta do:
First preheat yer oven to 350°F. Then, add the ground beef to yer 10" Cast Iron black Skillet (or a small casserole dish), and press it all down flat. Go ahead and season it with salt and pepper, Sprinkle on yer diced onions. Then,
lay the sliced potatoes over the top in an even layer. Next, sprinkle the cheese over the top of the potatoes, all nice and even and get you a medium mixing bowl. In yer bowl mix up the chicken soup, potato soup, Worcestershire sauce, milk, and Creole seasoning. Pour it over the cheese and carefully spread it out even.
Cover it all with aluminum foil and bake in the oven for 1-½ hours the oven. When it's cooked take it out, remove the foil, and sprinkle the fried onions on top and put it back in on broil for a few minutes to brown it on top and that's it. I hope you enjoy it. It's so much better than a box of hamburger helper. Take care folks.
Mama Hen from here on Cackleberry Farm

08/17/2024

Another one of my easy favorites for non calorie counters😳😂
Mama Hen's Wacky Pizza Crust

Here's all you gonna need:
1 cup mozzarella
1 cup parmesan
1 egg
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp Italian seasoning

Here's whatcha gotta do:
Turn yer oven on 350°. Put you some parchment paper on a cookie sheet and spray it with Pam. Mix up all yer ingredients in a bowl. Pour the mix onto the parchment paper and spread it out. Put it in the oven for 15 minutes or until yer edges start to brown, then you need to turn the broiler on for 1 minute. Watch it real close then take it out the oven oven and either eat it like bread by itself or you can use it as pizza crust by removing it from the oven before broiling it just as the edges get firm. Then you put whatever pizza toppings you want in a skillet and pre-cook em. Mix yer pizza sauce in with your toppings and spread the mix on your crust, top with grated cheese and broil for a couple of minutes until your top cheese melts and yer finished. Y'all try it both ways and tell me what ya think. Both ways are delicious.

Thank y'all for stopping in to see ol Mama Hen again, here in Cackleberry Farm. God bless ♥️

08/17/2024

You'll thank me for this one😂😂😳🌹

Mama Hen's Cheesy Biscuit Bombs
Here's whatcha gonna need:
1 container of refrigerated biscuit dough (8 biscuits I like Pillsbury)
4 ounces mozzarella cheese (you can use soft, shredded or diced string cheese, I use the last)
Half a stick of melted butter that's about 4 tbls
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp Italian seasoning
Pinch of salt

Here's whatcha gonna do:
Turn yer oven on 375°F then line you a baking sheet with parchment paper or you can lightly grease it up with some butter. Now, take yer biscuits, open em up and separate the biscuits.
Flatten each one of em out into a 3-inch circle. Now put a piece of mozzarella cheese in the center of each biscuit dough circle and fold the edges of the dough up and around the cheese, pinching em to seal em up and form a ball. Put yer cheese-filled biscuit bombs seam-side down on yer greased up baking sheet and get a small bowl and mix up the melted butter, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and a pinch of salt.
Brush the tops of the biscuit bombs with this seasoned butter mixture. Next you gonna put em in yer hot oven to bake for about 12-15 minutes until they're golden brown and the cheese is melted and gooey and dish em out warm. I like to take em and dip em in honey or syrup and eat em up.
I hope you enjoy em as much as ol Mama Hen does here at Cackleberry Farm. Til next time, eat up and God bless. See you next time. 🌹♥️

08/15/2024

Hello happy Cackleberry Farm fans it's Mama Hen again and I'm here to address a whole bunch of messages I've received all at one time since gardens started producin'. I'm asked
"Mama Hen, what in the world can I do with all this darn zucchini squash😂. I've fried it, sauteed it, boiled it and I still got bushels of it, HELP!" Well y'all, here's my favorite way other than with bacon, butter, cheese and onions. This is a good one because you can freeze this and have it just like fresh squash. Try it & see

Mama Hen's Snickerdoodle Zucchini Bread 🍞

Here's whatcha gotta have;
1 1/2 cups shredded zucchini
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt
For yer topping:
2 tbsp sugar mixed with 1 tsp cinnamon for

Here's whatcha gotta do:
Turn on yer oven to 350°F and grease you up a loaf pan then, get you a bowl and mix up yer shredded zucchini, oil, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
Ok, in a different bowl, whisk up yer flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Don't forget you got separate cinnamon and sugar for ya topping so don't mess up and put it in too. Now, pour yer dry stuff into yer wet stuff and mix it up just enough so it's mixed. Don't over mix or yet bread will be tough. Just enough so it's mixed.
Pour yer batter into yer greased up loaf pan and sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mix on top and bake it for about 50-60 minutes until when you stick a toothpicks down in the center the toothpick will come out clean. Let it cool and then slice it up. It's that simple.
I sure hope y'all like it as much as I do. ♥️🌹

08/14/2024

Whoa whoa, stop scrolling it's time fer somethin' we ain't done in awhile. It's time for....
ASK MAMA HEN

This comes to me all the way from the great state of Tennessee and Lisa Bentley asks:
"Mama Hen, I know at one time you said you had almost 200 chickens, man that's a lot of eggs, I bet you get tired of eating all them eggs all the time. What's your most creative recipe for using up your extra eggs?"

Well Lisa, that's a very good question. Back when I had that many chickens you could figure I had about 20 different breeds averaging 8-10 hens per breed with one rooster per flock and one back up rooster in case the first one got tired. Shipping out an average of 3-4 dozen eggs per breed for hatching through the eBay store and local pickup, I usually had a surplus of about 10-15 dozen a week on average more or less. Needless to say, yes scrambled eggs, deviled eggs, egg salad and all those oldies but goodies still got boring after awhile that's why I make this, it's quick it's simple and delicious, it's called.....

Mama Hen's Breakfast Puff Treat
Here's whatcha gotta have:
8 eggs
8 oz cream cheese
1/2 stick of butter
Here's whatcha gonna do:

Turn yer oven on to 350° bake. Take yer blender and put in yer ingredients and blend it until it's good and blended with no lumps and it's smooth, light and creamy. Now, spray you down a 8 by 8 pan, pour in yer batter and bake it at 350° for 35- 40 minutes, it's gonna blow up like a balloon so dont panic 😂 Take it out, allow yer puff to deflate and then sprinkle the top with cinnamon, drizzle you on some syrup or honey, powder sugar or berries, whipped cream or whatever you like. It's a welcome change from just ordinary eggs.
Lisa I hope you enjoy it and everybody else out there too, let me know if you liked it. God bless all y'all til next time it's ol Mama Hen signing off. Be sure to follow me here on Cackleberry Farm for all kinds of interesting stuff. Take care

08/13/2024

Helllloooo, why yes I'm alive, just dealing with some health issues but, ol Mama Hen is still a breathing. Just to make it up for being gone so long, here's ya something good to cook. ♥️🙏

Mama Hen's Philly Cheesesteak Meatloaf
Here's whatcha gotta have:
1 tablespoon oil
1 onion, dice it up
1 green bell pepper, dice it up too
8 ounces mushrooms, yeah dice em up
2 cloves garlic, chop em up fine
2 pounds ground beef
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup Velveeta cheese cubed small small
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon liquid smoke
2 tablespoons ketchup
2 eggs
1 cup breadcrumbs (I use Panko)
4 ounces provolone cheese, cut into 4- 1/2" cubes
8 slices provolone cheese

Here's whatcha gonna do:
Turn on yer oven to 350° and heat yer oil in a large pan over medium heat then add the onion, bell pepper and mushrooms and cook em til their tender, it'll take about 7-10 minutes. Alright then add yer garlic and cook it for about a minute until ya can smell it all over the house, take it out from the heat. Get you a bowl and mix the beef, salt, pepper, cheese whiz, Worcestershire sauce, liquid smoke, ketchup, eggs, breadcrumbs and yer cooked onions, peppers, mushrooms and garlic. Mix it all together really really good and then put half of the mix down onto a baking sheet, put the 4 little cubes of provolone cheese in the middle and then put the rest of yer mix on top. Go around yer sides of yer mound of meat and squeeze the edges together too to bottom so yer making a seal. Seal the edges real good and you can shape yer loaf whichever way you want and put it on the baking sheet and bake it at the 350° in yer oven until it's cooked all the way, takes about 50-60 minutes. Now, spread the sliced provolone over the top of the loaf, put it back in the oven and broil until the cheese has melted, about 2-4 minutes. Now you sit down and taste Mama Hen's favorite.

07/12/2024

Mama Hen's Grandkids Fave Dorito Casserole
Here's whatcha gotta have....
3lbs of ground beef
2 cans of cheddar cheese soup
2 cans of cream of chicken soup
2 cans of evaporated milk
1 can of minced green chilis
1 Family size bag of nacho Doritos
8 oz Shredded real cheese
Sour cream and salsa for topping
2 medium onions diced up fine
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 medium bell pepper diced fine
Here's whatcha gotta do...
Cook meat, onions, bell pepper and garlic together then, drain it really good. Add all yer canned stuff and let it simmer fer about 5 mins. Don't let it stick. Now, layer yer chips on the bottom of a 9x13 casserole dish like this, chips, meat mixture and cheese, repeat for as long as you got stuff to layer. I just put 2 big layers, cheese on top of course. Now, put it in the oven on 350° long enough to melt the cheese on top and yer done. Eat it up.
I guarantee it'll be a hit with all yer grandbabies and in my case great grandbabies.
Much love to ya. Mama Hen