Hey back at ya REME, how are things up the mountain? RIR are a way to go for lots of eggs. The ones I have/had layed about 260 eggs each the last two years. But I only have 2 left due to predation this year. I also lost the last of the Bresse. I'm leaning more to the Orpingtons for the coming...
I don't have any recipes that don't use yeast, but the following is my go to no knead bread.
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Artisan free-form French boule is a basic model for most breads. The dough is made with white flour...
2 VAC 5-1140-90. Poultry.
A. Pullorum-typhoid.
Hatching eggs and poultry shall not be imported into the Commonwealth of Virginia unless such eggs or poultry originate exclusively from flocks participating in the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) or the National Turkey...
Anything is possible, but my cluckers lay less when it's real hot or real cold. Out of 12 with any ambition to lay I'm only getting 4-5 a day and it's been in the high 80s to mid 90s for a week or two. And that's with a greenhouse fan airing the coop.
I raise chickens for food be it eggs or meat. Chickens provide food or become food it's that basic for me. I do name them..... food names... cacciatore, dumpling, fricassee, penne, Dijon, etc. That doesn't make it harder to turn them into what "I" meant them to be. Growing up on a farm most...