Cackle Hatchery use’s our F1 Olive Egger hens and we cross it back with a mix of males of the Black Tailed Red Marans, Black Ameraucana and Cream Legbar. This…
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Five Ways to Preserve Surplus Homegrown Eggs
…the eggs themselves, bake them into your favorite egg-based pastries and freeze them for quick-thaw desserts. Or freeze surplus eggs in a creamy rich custard ice cream. 3. Dehydrate Eggs…
Continue ReadingDo Ducks Have a Penis?
…cream, such as Duracream and gently stuffing the organ back through the vent. A veterinarian may apply a loose suture to restrain an uncooperative penis for a few days, and…
Continue ReadingKeeping Ducks for Eggs
…eggs are large to extra large and may be white or cream colored, or sometimes blue. This stocky heritage breed grows rapidly, making it suitable as a meat bird, as…
Continue ReadingGeese: They’re More Than Meat and Feathers
…sandwiches. There is a larger proportion of yolk to white and the yolks are generally creamier. They are especially good for making pasta, souffle and baked goods. Before my…
Continue ReadingHow to Sex a Chicken
…Legbar, color differences persist into maturity. In such breeds, developed specifically as autosexing, accuracy is 100 percent. In naturally autosexing breeds, such as the New Hampshire, female plumage color is…
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…(Campine), Cobar (Cochin), Legbar (Leghorn), Rhodebar (Rhode Island Red), Welbar (Welsumer) and so forth. At hatch the cockerels have lighter down than the pullets. Some of these breeds have become…
Continue ReadingBlue Egger™ Hatching Eggs
…eggs a year. They are a little slower to mature and will start their first lay around 7-8 months. Genetic background is our True Ameraucana exhibition type and/or Legbar breeds…
Continue ReadingBreed Spotlight: Appenzeller Spitzhauben Chickens
…2021, Cackle Hatchery has been breeding chamois spangled Appenzeller Spitzhaubens. This pastel variety has pale golden buff plumage set off by creamy white spangles. Currently Cackle Hatchery is developing a…
Continue ReadingCrazy Cackle Toppies
…pattern will look the same. This chicken will develop into a full headdress toppy, muff/bearded feathering under the beak and lay a cream egg color of medium size. They are…
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