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Wing clipping helps but is not infallible. As I said above, mine sometimes jump over. It didn't seem to make a difference if it was electric or not so I let my daughter use the energiser and battery and just have the netting now. If the netting wasn't there they'd gett very bold and wander everywher...
In our house it depends who washes up. OH does a lot of rinsing under running taps, and would if we had a dishwasher. And some people do a rinse cycle every time they put something in the dishwasher, to stop it getting smelly while waiting for it to fill up. Or do a wash before it's full, so thay's ...
At home we used to have just butter. Some people have butter and jam. In the north of England they call them pikelets. Then there's muffins but I think they are something different, but until recently they were a sort of bread rather than a cake (but now we get American style muffins, which I would ...
I've once had a little egg and another the same day, from hens just starting to lay, I assumed they were laying at less than 24 hours rather than slightly more like they usually do. Never (that I know) had 1 hen lay 2 at the same time. I should think they would be the same temperature, as she was si...
4 crumpets is a bit excessive Richard. The other cheesy thing I like (well, anything with cheese) is pancakes. Cook one side, flip over, put loads of grated cheese on. Lid on pan and wait till cheese is melted when the other side will be cooked. I get through a lot of cheese if making these for me a...
As well as the logos from soil association, RSPCA etc. we have laws about food labelling, e.g. those that melons quoted for free range eggs. Snag is people may not keep to them and the Trading Standards Officers can't be everywhere. Also people don't always know what they are buying e.g. there is a ...
Same if you buy a roasting chicken There's cheap and nasty (sorry, Farm Fresh) Corn Fed (i.e battery hens again) Free range Free range corn fed Free range with trees (or summat) Soil association would be good if you could get it. Maybe there's some out there somewhere, but I shop where I'm passing t...
If you are keeping hens comercially you will have a lot, so they wil be able to go a long way if they want, but still might have only 1 sq m / bird. Actually they often have a big field but stay near the shed, all crowded together. I call mine 'garden eggs' and say they are 'some are more free range...
I agree that to sell Organic eggs the feed needs to be organic. In fact if you buy eggs labeled organic that is all you get unless they also have a soil association label - just battery hens fed on organically grown feed. I couldn't find the soil association standards on their website, but I've seen...
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