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How to Gently Get A Brooding Hen to Stop Setting

How to Gently Get A Brooding Hen to Stop Setting

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Bantam Cochins are one of the best breeds of chickens for small urban backyards, mainly because they are generally quiet, curious, very friendly, easy to handle, kids like their small size and docile nature, they don’t fly like other bantams do, and they do well with confinement to a small coop or tractor.  Some people are reticent to keep them as part of their flock because they are also known for going broody often, just like Silkies.  Well, the part…

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To Light or Not to Light

To Light or Not to Light

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Just so you know, Hanbury House blog is supported by its audience.  Hanbury House may receive compensation from the links on this page if you decide to shop from them. Adding a Light Why did I choose to add a light source when I was building My Chicken Coop? When I got chickens, eggs were one of the main reasons for keeping them. A light in the coop keeps egg production going during the shorter days of winter. Domestic chickens are…

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How to Hard Boil Really Fresh Eggs

How to Hard Boil Really Fresh Eggs

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For the last two years we have only been hard boiling our oldest eggs for deviled eggs or pickled eggs.  I would hide a carton in the back of the fridge and wait a few weeks before making a new batch of pickled eggs.  Lots of sources say old eggs are necessary to get perfectly peeled eggs, and never to use fresh eggs.    In addition, I have read all sorts of different ways and times to cook them depending on…

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homemade Joe Josts Spicy Pickled eggs recipe for Joe Jost's pickled eggs
Joe Josts Spicy Pickled Eggs [Recipe]

Joe Josts Spicy Pickled Eggs [Recipe]

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A local Long Beach watering hole, Joe Jost’s, claims to have sold 6,000,000 Spicy Pickled eggs since 1934.  My husband has eaten his fair share of that number.  He loves to cook and this was the first thing he said he was making when we got chickens.  Since 2009 we have been making these at home. We like spicy pickled eggs so much, that rather than immediately start eating the Bantams’ eggs when they started laying, I set the eggs…

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