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Asagi Hatchery was mentioned in a great article by Wanda Adams published in the Honolulu Advertiser, this past Wednesday: Isle Egg Crisis.Thanks to everyone who called or came by to lend their support to the efforts to promote local eggs!!

In March, we hatched our first batch of heritage breed chickens. Then two weeks ago we hatched another batch. Araucanas, Javas, Buff Orpingtons, White Crested Black Polish, Buff Cochins, Black Cochins, Blue Cochins, Plymouth Barred Rocks, and Silver Laced Wyandottes. All were pre-ordered and all went to great homes.Here are some photos from the hatch:Buff OrpingtonWhite Crested Black PolishAraucanaBlue CochinSilver Laced WyandotteWhy are we starting to hatch these specialty breeds, and why call them heritage breeds?Diversity, it seems, is revealing itself to be a key to balance in our lives and for our planet. Diversity in our diets, diversity in...

Believe it or not, there's a book on raising poultry in Hawaii. It was published in 1947 by Charles M. Bice, who was the Extension Poultry Husbandman for the University of Hawaii's Agricultural Experiment Station back when the University of Hawaii's main focus was still on agriculture. It's title is simply Poultry Production in Hawaii.I call it the blue book, because over the years the threadbare copy we have is slowly fading through the most beautiful shades of blue. It is the first item in my personal sanctuary of books about chickens. It belonged to our grandfather, Mike Asagi. His...

We don't mind working on Mondays at the hatchery for one reason and one reason only: Mondays are the pick up days for people coming in for nineteen day old eggs (eggs that have been incubating for nineteen days) and will soon be hatching. In fact, most are already hatching. On a hot day like today, in Kalihi Kai, it was nearly 93 degrees and over the top humidity, so most of the eggs were already beginning to crack and we could hear faint peepings by ten this morning.Over the years, lots of people for all kinds of reasons have...

Hey folks,Here are photos of our plant a seed booth and the chicks at the Hawaii Farm Bureau's annual Farm Fair.We had a lot of help caring for the chicks from the 4-H kids. They were a great bunch to hang around and talk with, lots of them grew up caring for animals on their family's farms.The chicks were mesmerizing and more than a dozen hatched in the incubator during the fair. Everytime I stood in the throng of folks watching the chicks go through the process of hatching from their eggs, I could hear all kinds of discussions happening...