Pasture-Raised vs Free-Range Eggs: What the Carton Won’t Tell You
Sorry to be the one to tell you this, but most egg labels are a cruel deception. Two of them are not. The gap between “free-range” and ...
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Black Australorp Chickens: Eggs, Temperament, and What to Ask Before You Buy
In 1922, at a laying contest in Geelong, Victoria, six hens laid 1,857 eggs in 365 days. That is 309.5 eggs apiece, and they did it without a light on...
Barred Rock Chickens: The Dual-Purpose Hen Worth Keeping
Barred Rocks were in my first flock of chickens, and they might still be my favorite breed. I’ve eaten hundreds of their eggs. We’ve proce...
Is a Ram a Goat? How to Tell Sheep and Goats Apart
I raise sheep, and I’ve kept a few goats off and on for the past four years. Let me tell you, they are different animals. To the untrained eye t...
What Is Edamame, and Is It Soy?
A picked edamame pod starts losing what makes it worth eating almost immediately. Virginia Cooperative Extension puts the number at three to 10 hours ...
The Flemish Giant Rabbit: Size, Care, and Whether It’s Really a Meat Breed
Guinness World Records lists the Flemish Giant as the largest breed of domestic rabbit, at 7.5 to 8 kilograms with a toe-to-toe length around 36 inche...
Camel Milk Benefits: What Holds Up and What Doesn’t
There are somewhere between 2,500 and 3,000 dromedary camels in the entire United States. That is the estimate a Colorado camel dairyman gave Food Saf...
How Long Do Roosters Live?
A rooster can live eight years. A few make it past ten. Almost none of them do, and the reason has very little to do with his health. The average male...
What Is a Homesteader? Here’s What the Numbers Say
A homesteader is someone who produces part of their own food. That’s it. Not a person with forty acres, not a person who quit their job, not a p...
How Much Does a Goat Cost? The Full Price Breakdown
The goat is the cheapest thing you are going to buy. That sounds like a dodge until you price the fence. A healthy doe from a decent farm runs a few h...
How Long Do Chickens Live?
The chicken you ate this week was 47 days old. Not months. Days. In 1925 that same bird went to market at 112 days weighing two and a half pounds. Tod...
Pekin Duck: The Breed Behind Almost Every Duck America Eats
Picture a duck. Not a mallard, not a wood duck. Just a duck, the cartoon one, the one on the insurance commercial. White body. Orange bill. Orange fee...
