About this item
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.
About the Author
Jennifer Sartell is the primary care taker of all animals on her and her husband's farm in Fenton, MI. With a passion for living a simple life, Jennifer enjoys writing, reading, photography, illustration, creating art, taking in nature, raising animals and has developed a deep appreciation for homesteading and old world artisan crafts. Jennifer has raised chickens since 1994 and concentrates on breeding and egg production. Her and her husband, Zach, currently raise fiber and dairy goats and a mix of poultry. They also tend a U-Pick Lavender field, hay field and large organic garden on their property.
Her writing work, illustrations and photography have been published in a number of agricultural magazines, both in print and digital form including titles such as Hobby Farms, Grit Magazine, Mother Earth News and Capper's Farmer.
She blogs regularly for Ogden's Keeping Backyard Bees, Community Chickens, The Homestead Hustle and Manna Pro's Hearty Homestead. She won the Blogger to Crow About Award in 2017.
