Eggs

[ArkRescue]

I've been buying pasture raised eggs and they are so worth the extra couple bucks. I didn't realize how much until I bought some regular cheapo eggs for my quiche and saw how pale and icky those yolks look, and how runny the whites were. Bougie eggs have deep orange-yellow yolks and thick whites.

Plus I feel like I'm supporting a family farm instead of a factory. I'm probably not, but it gives me feels anyway. But I do know the chickens have to be happier, and I'd rather eat eggs from happy chickens.

I just couldn't get over how gross the cheap eggs were, and I used to eat them all the time without even thinking about it. Ick.

We have happy chickens that get hugs and we love them too.

 

[ArkRescue]

What we did back on the farm was preserve eggs for the winter. You put very fresh eggs in a gallon of spring water with a 1/4 cup of pickling lime. You have to do this in a crock because the lime will destroy most pans. This will keep eggs edible for a year or two.

I always seem to have a few layers that stop and start during Winter so we never have to buy eggs but it does impact our egg sales. Right now the Silkies are laying and the youngest layers are just starting to lay, otherwise they would probably be on Winter vacation right now.

 

[Monello]

That 1 hen looks like an emu.

 

[Kyle]

That 1 hen looks like an emu.

It was bound to replace "Grouse Culture" in the poultry community.

 

[ArkRescue]

 

[lucky_bee]

There's an Amish place that sells free range eggs on Friendship School Road, near Milts.

Yea a little too far north for me with the frequency I need thanks