14/07/2024
With the unrelenting heat, I’m working hard to keep the ladies comfortable. Some of my ducks have now started molting, which brings their 2024 laying season to an end. This is the earliest I’ve ever seen in over 10 years. The visual quality of the egg is also at risk, the key is understanding there is a good range of what a completely delicious egg can look like.
Few things are as simple and perceived as uniform as the egg. A shell, an opaque white, a yellow yolk - we all have an image of what the perfect egg should look like. Big egg producers use selective breeding to produce hens that lay eggs with a consistent color and size to meet market standards. In....