Came across a neat summary of current "specialty" chicken and egg
production that might be of interest to the discussees about eggs etc:

http://www.lionsgrip.com/pastured.html

And for those of you with disposable income, but paltry access to
better-quality poultry, try:

http://www.henspa.com/

It may seem expensive at first glance, but having designed and built three
predator-proof, moveable, coops I can see the elegance of what they have to
offer. Mostly because our chickens (about 50) lay their eggs (2 dozen/day)
in boxes on our porch! and have pretty much abandoned my coops. Oh well,
they are truly free-range at least...

Cheers,
Kirt

Secola  /\  Nieft
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