Egg Grading, Sizing and Freshness
As a follow-up to our egg formation post last week, now that we have a better understanding of what it takes to produce even one fresh egg, we thought we’d look a little closer at standard US egg grading, sizing, and freshness. Egg Grading Do you know what a...
Egg Formation
As promised in a previous post, this Fowl Friday we’re going to take a little diversion, and look more closely at how chicken eggs are formed. If you read our Pullet Eggs post, I mentioned that young chickens first coming into lay can often have little...
Selecting Native Wildflowers
Fall is fast approaching, and already we’re thinking about spring! With the vegetable gardens under way, the orchard planted out and irrigated, it’s time to turn our attention toward the native wildflower species that we’d like to see growing here...
Monitoring Flock Health
As mentioned in our Gardening With Chickens post, small-scale poultry rearing in the United States has become very popular in recent years. Owning poultry comes with numerous responsibilities, including the daily care and welfare of our flocks. The most important...
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