Brighton, Michigan
For those of you who have sampled this awesome recipe, and due to popular demand we are proud to present :
Grandma Comptons Southern Fried Chicken Recipe (heart smart version)
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2 eggs well beaten
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1 cup of flour
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon sea salt (optional)
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1 teaspoon garlic powder
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1/2 teaspoon to 1 teaspoon chili powder
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1/2 teaspoon paprika
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1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
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3 tablespoons oil
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1-2 quarts of Aunt Betsy's Chicken Stock
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6-8 pieces of chicken of your choice (bone-in will take twice as long to cook)
Heat oil in skillet on medium-high heat. Dredge chicken pieces in egg fiirst then in spiced flour mixture (that you have mixed with flour, baking powder, and spices) then place chicken in heated pan of oil. Brown on each side for 3 to 4 minutes then reduce heat to medium and add one quart of all natural chicken stock. Continue to cook for 30 minutes for boneless-skinless cuts of chicken or 45 to 50 minutes if using bone-in chicken. If you wish to finish chicken in oven instead of in skillet, then take browned chicken, place in baking dish, add stock and cook at 325 degrees for the appropriate time for bone-in 45 to 50 minutes for boneless-skinless 30 minutes. Makes 6-8 servings of scrumptious chicken. Enjoy!
Eat
local, buy local, but above all, raise locally! We even harvest in the
same county that our chickens are raised in! This is what we have
chosen to do while raising "all natural" chickens. Our chickens are
blessed to share in the bounty of our year-round farm harvest. Yes, in
the summer the variety includes everything from springs first peas to
fall's final root vegetable harvest. But truly, our girls favorites are
both peaches and apples. During the growing season of our gardens, the
girls are given a wide variety of greens including spinach, collards,
turnips, grasses, clovers and any weed that dares to show its head in
our garden. Also, all of our poultry get a rich diet of multi-grains
such as organic whole grain bulgur wheat, organic whole grain oatmeal,
organic whole grain rye meal, organic flax seed, and organic whole grain
barley flakes.
But,
in the winter, when the last of the grasses and seeds are frozen,
vegetable harvests are warm soup recipes. Unlike most other poultry
farms, when you would least expect it, our "girls", get green life fed
to them on the bitter Michigan winter days. For it is in our glass
greenhouses, like the sizeable sun-heated, recycled door-wall-all glass
barn, our baby chicks are welcomed into, we grow fresh greens with
supplemental full spectrum and incredibly efficient L.E.D. lighting
which is in keeping with our commitment to conserving our planets
natural resources, we feel it's our way of doing our part.
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Click on the link below to see the current production of solar energy available to Aunt Betsy's Chicken Farm:
http://enlighten.enphaseenergy.com/public/systems/hxb94544
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We provide our eggs in a compostable egg carton - (never styrofoam or plastic...only organic). Please help us by recycling these egg cartons. We hope that you can find a way to recycle them, because they are single-use only, therefore, we will never ask you to return your egg cartons. This is in keeping with our efforts to leave a lighter footprint on our shared planet, and to stay in keeping with our State of Michigan licensing.
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Kids Korner!
Contact Aunt Betsy by email at auntbetsyschickenfarm@gmail.com
The above video screen currently cycles through live, real-time views of our chicks in our glass barn where we raise them, our egg laying room, or what we call our "Country Club" that even has a pool in it fed by rain water from the roof, (Our ducks love it) and a different outdoor perspective. We will also periodically move our web-cam to one of our incubators when it is time for baby chicks to hatch from their eggs!
This screen above will also be active when we are incubating and the chicks are ready to come out of their shells! We will announce at the top of this web-page when that is about to occur, so you know when it is time to view this screen! So, keep checking our website for those dates!
Raising Backyard Hens With Young Children Can be Rewarding
Chickens and children go well together. Raising a few pet chickens in a backyard coop allows children to watch the chickens and become familiar with their daily routine. A good type of hen house is the chicken tractor. This is a portable coop that houses a few chickens on an upper level, leaving the lower level open for grazing. The fully fenced and enclosed hen house can be moved around the yard as needed to accommodate the chickens feeding.
Hens Can be Excellent Pets Especially When They are Acquired as Chicks
Hens are interesting and fun birds, each one with her own personality. If the chicks have grown with the family from a very young age kids can learn to handle them gently and maybe even pick them up and cuddle them.
Kids can easily learn to do some of the daily tasks of caring for chickens with their parents, such as feeding or cleaning the pen. Children can bond with hens and learn about being responsible and how to give them loving care. They soon come to understand how the chickens depend on their morning and evening visits to feed and care for them.
Children See Food Production
When children help to care for chickens they see the very beginnings of where food comes from. A child may see the work a hen goes through to lay an egg or get a chance to hold a newly laid egg that is still warm. And finally, if the kids have the job of collecting the eggs from the nesting area, they have the thrill of bringing a few at a time into the house to use for cooking or baking.
Better Nutrition
Home grown generally means better nutrition. Foods lose nutrients during storage and travel. Home grown chickens can graze on grass. Jo Robinson, author of Pasture Perfect (Vashon Island Press, 2004) and Eatwild.com has found pasture-raised eggs to have higher nutritious value than eggs from factory raised chickens
Apr 6, 2010 Clara Lovatt
