Epic Eggs

The Poultry Enthusiast's Complete and Essential Guide to the Most Perfect Food

by Jennifer Sartell

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Pub Date Nov 01 2017 | Archive Date Jan 03 2018

Quarto Publishing Group – Voyageur Press | Voyageur Press

Home & Garden | Professional & Technical

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Description

This isn't a typical egg cookbook or guide to raising chickens, Epic Eggs takes a deep dive on the eggs themselves and tells you how to raise birds that will produce the best eggs you've ever seen.

It may be true that most poultry found on small homesteads or in backyards especially are viewed as pets, but they are inarguably pets with benefits--namely eggs. In Epic Eggs, homesteader and writer Jennifer Sartell looks at the eggs of the most common types of poultry you’d find in your backyard: chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guineas, and quail.

Don’t jump to conclusions! This isn’t an egg cookbook or a guide to raising poultry. Jennifer delves into the eggs themselves and explains reproductive systems, egg anatomy, and how and why different colors are distributed to egg shells.

Jennifer will show you a variety breeds of birds, and what sizes, shapes, and even colors of egg they produce; from white to blue, brown, chocolate, olive, and speckled, plus heritage breeds and how to breed for specific colors.

Illustrated with fantastic color photography of eggs and their birds, Epic Eggs goes on to address how to optimize living conditionsand diet for the healthiest and most-flavorful eggs, the process of grading and storing eggs, and the eternal washing debate. There’s also discussion of nutrition, baking, cooking, preserving, pickling, and dehydrating. The book ends with advice for homesteaders looking to create business plans and a section on troubleshooting.

This isn't a typical egg cookbook or guide to raising chickens, Epic Eggs takes a deep dive on the eggs themselves and tells you how to raise birds that will produce the best eggs you've ever...

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EDITION	Other Format
ISBN	9780760352229
PRICE	$21.99 (USD)
PAGES	160

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Leyla J, Reviewer

Only a small book, but extremely informative. I have raised many forms of poultry over 30 years and I still picked up things that I did not know. A good book for anyone wanting to raise chickens and have a bit of fun with the shell colours from the different breeds. There is a lot of information about egg and chicken formation, bred type for colour eggs and looking after the needs of the birds. There is a lovely short section on other type of poultry and also cooking, storing and uses for eggs and shells. Overall a very good book with lots of colour photographs and diagrams

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Reviewer 307232

I thought this would be a recipe book, but I suppose I should have read the description more carefully. It's actually a book about how to raise chickens and harvest their eggs. The book is very detailed, and it made it seem like anyone could raise chickens. I'm knocking off a star because I didn't like the way the book was written. There are a lot of redundant passages and pictures. Still, if you're ever been curious about raising chickens, you should read this book.

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This is an informative book about the eggs with different aspects such as the biological, the social and the culinary. The book can be a good candidate for any kind of library from personal library to school and community libraries