Fresh Eggs From Happy Chickens
There have been at least a dozen eggs to gather each day for the past several days. I think some of the younger hens are starting to lay, now. These are real beauties. The eggs, I mean.
There are 2 dozen out in the cooler on the porch, now. But they won't be there for long. As soon as people see that the "Fresh Eggs" sign is posted, they turn up this lane and head for the porch.. $5.00 per dozen. I get eggs from my egg lady at home for $1.75. Everything is less expensive in Minnesota, though!!
These are all brown eggs. One of the neighbors said that brown eggs are much richer than white eggs. I'd never heard that before. So I did a little research and discovered that nutritionally brown and white eggs are the same. I'm not going to burst his little bubble, though.
Do you know why some eggs are brown or blueish green and some are white? Chickens with white ear lobes only lay white eggs! And chickens with red ear lobes lay colored eggs! I didn't know that. Tomorrow I am going to look at all their ear lobes...if that is a fact, all these chickens will have red ear lobes.
Just so you know...
Gosh I didn't even know chickens HAD earlobes. Am off to examine my cockatiels.
ReplyDeleteI miss having my own chickens. Store-bought eggs don't come close.
ReplyDeleteWow - $5/dozen sounds a little steep, but if they are considered "organic", I guess that accounts for it.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that about the color of a chickens' earlobes. I just thought the color of the egg depended upon the breed of chicken.
(and I did know that about the color of the shell making absolutely no difference to the nutritional value of the egg, but some people will not be dissuaded.)
Oh, crap, I'm signed in under the wrong name! Can you guess who this is?
Shirls, I KNOW! I didn't know that either and am getting ready to go to feed them so I'll be looking for the earlobes, too! (Let me know about cockatiels.)
ReplyDeleteTeresa E, maybe you can find an egg person not too far away who has fresh eggs...check out www.localharvest.org. Minnesota is well represented on that site.
Yep, Terry, I DO know who you are! Should I keep it a secret or tell the world?
ReplyDeleteI have never understood the preferance for brown eggs. I notice that Mississippi Market sells them, so maybe it's the organically grown thing that makes them appealing.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe as an audiologist and lover of egg eating I never knew this!! :)
ReplyDeletemmmm...I love farm fresh eggs. My in-laws give me some from time to time and they are delicious.
ReplyDeleteHappy chickens make happy eggs :)