Tag: Chicken Eggs

  • What is an Egg Tooth?

    What is an Egg Tooth?

    When you get your brand new little chicks or ducklings at the store, you might not realize that these babies have gone through quite a bit, including piping through their shells to hatch. Chicks and ducklings have an egg tooth on the tip of their beak or bill. This tooth…

  • What’s the Difference Between Free-Range, Pastured, and Cage-Free Eggs?

    What’s the Difference Between Free-Range, Pastured, and Cage-Free Eggs?

    Gosh, I remember when I learned about how chickens are kept for egg laying. It was during Napoleon Dynamite, when Napoleon wanted to earn a few bucks, so he went and worked at a local chicken farm. I remember being disgusted. I know that the goal was not to make…