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While reading The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery and 2,ooo Down Home Skills, I came across a few valuble tips on preserving your farm fresh eggs. According to 2,000 Down Home Skills, eggs can be preserved by coating the egg with lard or any other clean grease, (coconut oil, or tallow should work just [...] There are several great reasons to keep chickens in your yard, beside the usual egg and meat collection. Here are some ideas that come to my mind right off the bat: Bug control! Chickens love to eat ants, ticks, spiders, mosquitoes and anything else that crawls. My hubby detests spiders, so he particularly loves having chickens [...]
Ani with Chickens March 2009 Yesterday I had my first exposure to chicken butchering. My friend Grams and her son Eric invited me over since they knew I was anxious to learn how be self sufficient with our family meat preparation. We had an assembly line with a few helpers outside, one to chop the [...] Oh my gosh I wish I would have realized how amazingly easy it is to keep chickens. Having them around is so rewarding too! Ani Gathering Egg We have 9 hens and 2 roosters currently, but we are hoping to get more soon since we go through at least 4 dozen eggs a week. They are [...] |
 
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