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Monday egg-citement 🥚 🥚 🥚
06/06/2022

Monday egg-citement 🥚 🥚 🥚

We’ve got to check in on the babies. They smell good too!
28/10/2021

We’ve got to check in on the babies. They smell good too!

New batch of egg layers ready. Check out the fluff balls. It’s always special watching the process from incubator to la...
04/10/2021

New batch of egg layers ready. Check out the fluff balls.
It’s always special watching the process from incubator to laying their own eggs .

Chickens Weight gain needs to be monitored closely. At 14 days , chicks weigh 4 times their birth weight and approximate...
02/10/2021

Chickens Weight gain needs to be monitored closely. At 14 days , chicks weigh 4 times their birth weight and approximately 600g. Free range chickens gain slower due to their movement and increased metabolic rate- thank you Riot for keeping a close watch

Raising chickens is far more beneficial than just for eggs.
26/04/2021

Raising chickens is far more beneficial than just for eggs.

No. These are not pickled eggs. These are homegrown, unwashed eggs stored in lime water. The lime water fills in all the...
11/03/2021

No. These are not pickled eggs. These are homegrown, unwashed eggs stored in lime water. The lime water fills in all the pores of the egg and encases them in a shell of "glass". Water glassed eggs can last stored at room temperature like this for up to 2 years. This method of preserving raw eggs has been used since the 1800s and was common even into the 1940s and 50s. When refrigerators became a standard kitchen appliance, water glassing almost became a lost art.

You cannot use commercial eggs for this because they have all had the protective coating (bloom) washed off the shell and will quickly go bad. I recently scrambled up 18 eggs that had been stored in lime water for 7 months on an unrefrigerated cupboard shelf and they tasted perfectly fresh (although the yoke seemed a bit thinner than fresh eggs).

Anyhow, if you have an abundance of fresh, unwashed eggs, you might want to try putting some away for later. The ratio is one ounce (by weight) of lime (calcium hydroxide) to one quart of water. Calcium hydroxide is a completely natural, organic ingredient and harmless, although the powder is very fine and may irritate your lungs if you breathe it in. The lime water also quickly dried out the skin on my hands and I had to apply lotion to get them back to normal. When you do use the eggs, be sure to rinse them thoroughly before you crack them or they will taste like lime.

FYI: a gallon size container will store about 40 eggs. Lime is also known as calcium hydroxide. You can buy it in 50 pound bags in the masonry section of the hardware store, or in 1 pound bags in the canning section of the grocery store....often labeled as "pickling lime”. Thank you Jess Jassop

Assagay
30/08/2020

Assagay

There’s a peaceful feeling of satisfaction knowing my birds are free range, in tune with their natural instincts to fora...
25/07/2020

There’s a peaceful feeling of satisfaction knowing my birds are free range, in tune with their natural instincts to forage in the veggies and compost and dust bathe and allowed all the freedoms of being outdoors or inside their cosy coops.
They’ve love interacting with human and animals and come running to say hello.... now that’s where I prefer my eggs from.


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Peggy Sue is always at the head of the line at feed time...I don’t know how she hears our footsteps and races up the hil...
09/07/2020

Peggy Sue is always at the head of the line at feed time...
I don’t know how she hears our footsteps and races up the hill to meet us before any of the others.

Medicinal purposes only 😜 #101
04/07/2020

Medicinal purposes only 😜

#101

Walk it like you Talk it !
03/07/2020

Walk it like you Talk it !

Not much cuter than fluffy chicks 🐣
02/07/2020

Not much cuter than fluffy chicks 🐣

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