This article, Fertile Eggs & How To Get Them, is taken from 200 Eggs a Year Per Hen by Edgar Wallace and for the most part is as valid today as it was when written in 1899. I have some doubt…
‘My hens are eating their eggs! How do I stop it?’ is another of those questions we are often asked. Hens egg eating is one of the less pleasant things our feathered ladies can get up to at times and once established,…
There are a number reasons why hens stop laying eggs. In this article we cover the most probable ones and how to get them laying again, where possible. The Season – Lighting for Laying Hens To everything there is a…
In this article from 1899, Edgar Wallace discusses eggs in fall & winter. When written, electric lighting was rare, the tungsten filament incandescent bulb was not invented until 1905. Gas and oil lighting were not very practical for poultry housing so…
Preparing a Home Killed Bird for the Table By ‘Muntjac’ After killing, hanging and plucking your chicken, take your bird to the kitchen to dress it out. Remove the Head Taking a sharp knife, 2 inches up from the body…
By John Harrison If, like many ‘backyard chicken keepers’ you get hooked and decide to have a few more hens. The the surplus eggs can start to become a real problem! 5 hens could easily donate 1,250 or more eggs…
By Cara Martin Hatching Chicken Eggs with a Broody Hen On the day of hatch you should leave mother hen to do her job, she will keep them warm, help them out of the shell and in general know what…
If you want to sell your surplus eggs by any other method than farm gate egg sales, such as selling your surplus eggs at markets, there are more rules and regulations you will need to follow. This article is aimed…
From The Poultry Book, 1853 Toulouse Geese We now come to the Toulouse Goose, some of the earliest birds of which breed were imported by the late Earl of Derby from the south of France,—Marseilles, if we remember right. Like…
When Omlet’s Eglu – now called the Eglu Classic – was launched back in 2004 I must admit I didn’t like it. It struck me as a fad rather than a serious product. I think I described it as an…