An interesting story I saw in the newspaper today- The University of Leipzig and a Dutch company named Hatchtech have developed a method to sex eggs at 9 days of incubation on an industrial scale. A small hole is lazered in the eggs, a drop of fluid is extracted and tested for hormones. This...
I love a good walk trough a supermarket in this time of year, and see what is on offer. It turns out to be quite a long list, but one thing that I assume is not seen so often in other parts of the world is capons. Yes, castrated roosters. They are supposed to be much larger and juicier than...
As an apartment dweller I will never be able to keep my own flock, but there are a few chickens at a location I visit several times a week, and I consider them personal friends. There's a wealth of knowledge here, and it seems like such a friendly place too. I hope you don't mind me lurking...