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The eggs having two yolks can be very well seen each egg poach is made

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 7 Apr

There are double yolk eggs sold in markets in bengal. All these eggs are that of hens. When the eggs are cooked into poach then the double yolk can be seen. Generally these eggs are bigger in size than the single yolk...

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In many countryside resorts the emu birds are propagated

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 15 Dec

In many countryside resorts the emu birds are propagated. While they are given food they are kept in such enclosures where other birds dont harm them. Even turkey, hens and ducks are propagated and...

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In bengal the double yolk eggs are sold in winter

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 23 Nov

In Bengal the double yolk hen eggs are sold in winter. They are nurtured in the nurseries and poultries. The eggs look big. They are very tasty, one can have them in boiled form or egg...

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RIP Violet

Fleur @Fleura (34989) • United Kingdom 29 Jul

Last year I decided that I would finally bring my chicken-keeping to a close, after 11 years. It was getting more difficult to find someone to take care of them when we went away as our usual friends now have children in school...

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Many people love french toast with omelette

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 6 Jul

Many Indian love the hen egg to be fried with toast called french toast. If cheese can be added that adds taste. The omelette can be separately made and that can act as a filling inside the french toast.

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In India there are different ways in which hen eggs are eaten

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 6 Jul

In India there are different ways in which hen eggs are eaten. Some people eat them in boiled form. Some of them eat half boiled eggs. Some of them prefer the egg omelettes. Some even put cheese and have cheese egg omelette. Some...

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The chicks follow the hen in forests

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 3 Jun 25

When one of the mother hen runs from one direction to another the chicks follow the mother. the chicks hardly know what they are running for. Sometime they go for food. Otherwise they just run for...

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Today I had hen egg curry with rice

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 15 May 25

In bengal generally hen egg and duck egg are popular. I had hen egg curry with rice today. In the egg curry potatoes are added and garlic onion ginger paste is given. it is tasty. It is also eaten with chapatis.

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One can get fresh oxygen in the villages

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 4 Nov 24

In the villages there is huge difference from the cities. I live in calcutta and from the early morning there is preparation to go to schools, colleges, offices. In villages there is sound of hen or cock in the early morning. Also...

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I have a helper

Fleur @Fleura (34989) • United Kingdom 10 Sep 24

Nowadays when I’m working in the garden I have a ‘helper’. We have been keeping chickens now for about 12 years (not the same ones all that time), but for a while now I have been thinking I will give up chicken keeping. I was the...

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In bengal doubled yolked eggs are as popular as single yolked eggs

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 19 Jul 24

In Bengal yolks of eggs are called kusum. In the market both double yolked eggs and single yolked eggs are sold. All are hen's eggs. Both are very popular. The best taste can be derived if they are boiled and eaten or boiled and...

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Today I had egg curry and rice

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 22 Feb 24

Today I had egg curry and rice. In Calcutta the eggs of chicken and hen are most popular. In other places people eggs of turkey and ducks. But hen's eggs are the best. The curry has potatoes and onions also.

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Guinea fowl chickens are designed to blend into their surroundings

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382036) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Dec 23

Someone asked what guinea chickens looked like – the babies I mean. Maybe you call them chicks in your country. Before all the various breeds of chooks/chickens came into being, all chicks hatched in what I call camouflage...

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Our first hiccup at this house-sit

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382036) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Dec 23

I’ve written about some of the challenges we’ve faced when house-sitting, and I’ve also said that I always expect to have a hiccup or two at each place. We had one of those hiccups today. There is a hen sitting on guinea fowl...

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Just giving them a treat

John nyambegera @thebos (5960) • Kisumu, Kenya 28 Jun 23

Hello Its a wonderful afternoon over here, I have not taken lunch because I'm full and I am not that much hungry. Since I'm not eating I thought of giving my hens some lunch, I usually feed them twice in a day but as for today...

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In countryside egg poach with turkey eggs are very popular.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 29 Oct 22

I ordered an egg poach in breakfast in the countryside. I found the taste of the egg poach very different than poach made from egg of hen. The cook told me that the egg is of turkey. It is very popular in the countryside. People...

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The turkey is reared well in the countryside.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 29 Oct 22

Few years back Indians used to think turkey as a foreign bird reared in USA and offered during thanks giving day. But this time when I went to countryside I found that turkey are reared well in the Indian villages as well. They...

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Five Little Chicks Cried for Their Life

Xavier Bage @franxav (14592) • India 15 Oct 21

I had not expected the rain to fall so suddenly and so heavily. How our assumptions are wrong! I heard continuous" chium chium" from our backyard garden. I understood the little chicks were in trouble. I ran down and looked...

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we got chickens

lady Di @lady1993 (27221) • Philippines 30 Jun 21

"Bantam" chicken, the tiny ones. I've never held one before so I was quite scared. But they were quite tame if you just hold them properly. My aunt gave me 1 male and 2 females and when we put them in the same pen...

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Food Porn: The Hen Turned Into 'Adobo'

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 29 Nov 20

I asked my younger brother to slaughter the native hen today. The cooking is not that easy though. It will take time to make the meat soft. Regardless, it will still be a good meal for dinner tonight. Have you tried to slaughter...

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