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Four great tips for cooking with backyard eggs

If you're new to keeping chickens, it can take some time to get used to how different your fresh, backyard...

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We offer the best chickens for laying eggs including heritage and hybrid breeds.

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Best Chickens for Laying Eggs: Hybrid Breeds Vs...

Best Chickens for Laying Eggs: Hybrid vs. Heritage Raising chickens for fresh eggs is a delightful pursuit, and selecting the...

A Chicken stands next to a nest box - ready to lay it's first egg

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When Do Chickens Lay Their First Egg?

When will the long-awaited milestone finally arrive - the moment your chickens lay their very first egg??? After meticulously selecting...

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Is it Cheaper to Buy Eggs or Raise Backyard Chi...

Does the recently increased price of eggs have you asking if it's cheaper to buy eggs or raise your own...

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Egg Prices are Soaring - Learn how to raise a b...

Egg Prices have been soaring to an over 49% increase due to the lingering bird flu outbreak in 47 states,...

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Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs Recipe

Ah, the hard-boiled eggs: the Easter treat, the dieter's best friend; well-loved in America and abroad! We hate it when...

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The Richest Scrambled Eggs Ever - A My Pet Chic...

The trick to these scrambled eggs is a small amount of Land O' Lakes White American cheese. It's so subtle...

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Zucchini Frittata

Serves: 3 Cook time: 30 minutes Ingredients: 6 eggs 3 shallots, chopped 1/2 medium zucchini, grated 1/2 cup Half and Half 1...

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Four great tips for cooking with backyard eggs

If you're new to keeping chickens, it can take some time to get used to how different your fresh, backyard...

1 comment

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Best Chickens for Laying Eggs: Hybrid Breeds Vs...

Best Chickens for Laying Eggs: Hybrid vs. Heritage Raising chickens for fresh eggs is a delightful pursuit, and selecting the...

All

When Do Chickens Lay Their First Egg?

When will the long-awaited milestone finally arrive - the moment your chickens lay their very first egg??? After meticulously selecting...

All

Is it Cheaper to Buy Eggs or Raise Backyard Chi...

Does the recently increased price of eggs have you asking if it's cheaper to buy eggs or raise your own...

4 comments

All

Egg Prices are Soaring - Learn how to raise a b...

Egg Prices have been soaring to an over 49% increase due to the lingering bird flu outbreak in 47 states,...

All

Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs Recipe

Ah, the hard-boiled eggs: the Easter treat, the dieter's best friend; well-loved in America and abroad! We hate it when...

All

The Richest Scrambled Eggs Ever - A My Pet Chic...

The trick to these scrambled eggs is a small amount of Land O' Lakes White American cheese. It's so subtle...

All

Zucchini Frittata

Serves: 3 Cook time: 30 minutes Ingredients: 6 eggs 3 shallots, chopped 1/2 medium zucchini, grated 1/2 cup Half and Half 1...

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Popeye Eggs (Mom's Recipe)

Serves: 2 Cook time: 15 minutes Ingredients: 2 eggs 2 slices of bread Butter, softened Salt and Pepper to taste Instructions: Butter...

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Oeufs Au Nuage (Egg in a cloud).

Serves: 2 Cook time: 15 minutes Ingredients: 4 eggs 4 slices of your favorite bread Parmesan cheese (if desired) Sprinkle of Paprika...

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The World's Best Deviled Eggs (Mom's Recipe)

Serves: 12 Cook time: 60 minutes Ingredients: 1 dozen eggs 3/4 cup Hellman's mayonnaise 1 tsp salt Pepper to taste Instructions: Hard-boil,...

Chickens scratching and pecking in a compost pile

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Sustainable Living with Pet Chickens

Chickens not only make great pets, they also contribute to a more sustainable lifestyle. In this day of $4.00 a...

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Sheet Pan Eggs

Try this easy to make egg recipe. You can season with your choice veggies, meats, and cheeses. Makes 12 egg...

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Lemon Tart

A perfect summer treat! Try this delicious lemon tart with a flaky buttery crust that is easy to make. Serves: 8Cook...

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Pickled Eggs with Beets

An easy and quick way to make pickled beets and eggs. Serves: 4Cook time: 1 hour plus 4 plus hours of chill...

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Salt-Cured Eggs Recipe

The possibilities of this garnish are endless! The yolks will taste great crumbled, grated or sliced over many dishes. Try...

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Poached Eggs on Toast with Avocado

A quick and healthy breakfast. Best topped with seasonal veggies from the garden. Serves: 2Cook time: 20 Ingredients: 2 eggs 2 pieces...

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How to Make Eggshell Tomato Fertilizer

Chickens are gifts that keep on giving! Nothing they create goes to waste. Save your eggshells and add them to...

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Duck Eggs vs. Chicken Eggs: 8 reasons to consid...

duck eggs in a basket

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Grocery Store Eggs: 4 things to look for

Welcome to winter! Are your girls being stingy with their eggs like mine are? I live in New England, and...

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Lash Egg: the grossest egg your hens will lay

While most of the eggs your hens will lay are going to be normal, to start off October on a...

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Egg Size Really Does Matter

The lovely array of available chicken breeds lay a rainbow of colors for backyard chicken keepers' egg baskets. The feeling you get...

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Egg color: 3 myths busted

Egg color in general---and chicken egg color in particular---is often a mystery, even to people who have kept chickens for...

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Simple Hollandaise Sauce

Oh the French... they have some of the most wonderful sauces I have ever tasted, and yet they're often quite...

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Grocery store egg labels: what they REALLY mean

Here's an article I recently wrote about grocery store egg labels for dLife, a wonderful online resource for folks with...

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Fresh greens mean healthier eggs

I love my flock! Watching their funny antics, getting mobbed when I show up with treats, and being adored by...

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How to Make Eggshell Planters

]It's the time of year to start thinking about the garden, and again I'm finding myself with heaps of empty...

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Egg eating hens - 5 ways to deal

Dealing with egg eating hens is a very frustrating problem---one I'm trying to deal with right now. I prefer our...

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Washing eggs, and why you shouldn't

To wash eggs or not to wash eggs... that is the question! Except that it's not much of a question...

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