Off-Grid Poultry And Preservation

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• Chapter 8 The Cow, the Pig and the Hen

On the Menu

Pickled eggs

In the Workshop

The pig and hen breeds

The rows that check it

• 2 confirmed
• 2 amended
• 1 partly confirmed
• 1 unresolved
• 2 marked for safety

• A74 unresolved Safety Limewater: 1 kg slaked lime per 15 l boiled cooled hard water, lime into water; eggs under 24 to 36 h, unwashed, candled, points down, 5 to 8 cm cover, lard film, 8 to 12 °C, 8 to …
• A76 amended Safety Salmonella killed at 70 °C held 2 min throughout; never wash an egg (cuticle); a warm egg into cold water draws contamination through the pores; onset 6 to 72 h; dirty, cracked or …
• A75 confirmed Hen's light threshold 12 to 14 h (draft 1 had 14); moult 8 to 12 weeks, half rate after; pullets lay through first winter at 50 to 66 per cent; cohorts 7 pullets, 5 second-year, 2 …
• A77 confirmed Hen ration 80 g grain, 30 g pulse, 40 g roots, 25 ml whey, 8 g grit; c. 29 kg grain a bird a year, 438 kg for 15 birds, 0.18 to 0.22 ha of rye
• A78 partly confirmed Tallow lamp 15 to 25 g fat per hour; 50 hens lit 4 h a night for 120 days burn 43 to 72 kg fat for 600 to 900 eggs (3 to 4 kg egg fat); fire risk in litter
• A79 amended Breed dates: Bielefelder Gerd Roth 1970s, Sundheimer 1880s, Vorwerk 1900 to 1912, Reichshuhn after 1870 (chapter's 1907 for the standard also printed), Wyandotte 1890s; Khaki …

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Hens and eggs The kitchen and its dishes Berlin and Brandenburg