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Recipes from the Egg Farmers of Alberta

The Egg Farmers of Alberta (EFA) are supporters and partners of the Heritage Chicken Program. They enrich the program by sharing biosecurity and egg handling expertise, financial support and by providing access to an enormous wealth of poultry based information and resources. One EFA resource in particular is especially useful…
Hage, Dawn
February 3, 2020

PICTURES! A gallery of our gorgeous HCP hens

Last newsletter we featured a rogues gallery of roosters - this time I would like to showcase the hens. We have approximately 70 hens in each pen along with about 7 roosters which creates a nice balance. They lay their eggs in nesting boxes and have room to perch, fluff,…
February 3, 2020
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Grading Eggs for the Heritage Chicken Program

Learning to Grade 500 dozen Heritage Eggs The grading process is really interesting.  I have two fridges in the grading room which are filled with heritage eggs that are collected by the PRC staff. Both fridges fill up in about a week and they hold about 240 dozen eggs.  So…
Hage, Dawn
January 20, 2020