Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
Friday, October 18, 2013
Egg Timer
Hens start clucking to the eggs a few days before hatching, making it more likely that they will all hatch at approximately the same time.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Best for Baking
For best results eggs should be brought to room temperature when used for baking.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Best in the Carton
Eggs dry out more quickly in your refrigerator's egg rack - best to leave them in the carton.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Spinning Eggs
Can't remember which eggs you cooked? Spin them. If an egg spins quickly, it is hard-boiled, if it spins slowly and wobbles, it's raw.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Nest Egg Origin
A plastic egg, golf ball, or avocado pit placed in a nest will encourage a hen to lay in it - this is the origin of the term "nest egg",
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Fresh Eggs
A fresh egg sinks in a bowl of water, an old egg floats.
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Thinnest Feathers
"Go away, boy! or I'll spank you where the feathers are the thinnest"
- Foghorn J Leghorn
- Foghorn J Leghorn
Friday, October 11, 2013
Egg Weight
An egg standing on its end can bear up to two hundred pounds. (record set by the Ontario Science Centre)
Egg Strength
An egg standing on its end can bear up to two hundred pounds. (record set by the Ontario Science Centre)
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Egg Cartons
The egg carton was invented in 1911 by newspaper editor Joseph Coyle in Smithers, B.C.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Outnumbered
It is estimated that there are four chickens to every human on the planet.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Chicken House
Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Frank Lloyd Wright
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Chicken Lobes and Eggs
Chickens with white earlobes lay white eggs, chickens with red earlobes lay brown eggs.
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Chicken DNA
DNA evidence suggest chickens are the closest living relatives to the Tyrannosaurus Rex
Friday, October 4, 2013
Alektorophobia
Alektorophobia - is the fear of chickens
Friday, September 27, 2013
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Key to Everything....
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.
Arnold H. Glasow
Arnold H. Glasow
Saturday, June 22, 2013
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