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These are both from Black Copper Marans hens. The egg on the right has the heaviest bloom I've ever seen! Zoom in on t...
02/22/2023

These are both from Black Copper Marans hens. The egg on the right has the heaviest bloom I've ever seen! Zoom in on the little scuffs to see the chocolate color underneath 😍

Just a few more little projects to get the coop finished up. They're loving their new setup, and I'm loving that it's s...
01/28/2023

Just a few more little projects to get the coop finished up. They're loving their new setup, and I'm loving that it's so much easier to keep clean!

When I started this bone broth journey, my broths were a much lighter caramel color. Persistence and practice have prod...
01/24/2023

When I started this bone broth journey, my broths were a much lighter caramel color. Persistence and practice have produced a much more complex flavor and color. Zero additives or coloring agents. This is what real food looks like. Marrow bones compliments of Lightfoot Farm in Millington

Let's talk about blood spots in eggs 🍳When you purchase commercially farmed chicken eggs, likely you won’t encounter any...
01/24/2023

Let's talk about blood spots in eggs 🍳

When you purchase commercially farmed chicken eggs, likely you won’t encounter any eggs that are out of the ordinary, like you will from your own farm. It’s not because there’s something wrong with your chickens, not in the least, instead, it’s a function of how commercially sold eggs are selected.
Not only are the eggs visually inspected and sorted by color and size so the entire carton consists of virtually identical eggs, commercially sold eggs are also candled—meaning a bright light is shined into the egg to check for impurities or irregularities inside the egg. Those containing anything out of the ordinary are set aside and not put in a carton to be shipped to the grocery store shelves and offered for sale. Instead, they might be used in animal feeds. But when you start raising backyard chickens (or buy eggs from a local farm or farmers market), it’s likely you might crack an egg open to find a bit of a surprise. One of these surprises might be blood in the egg.

Blood in chicken eggs is often, mistakenly, believed to signify that an egg is fertile. This couldn’t be further from the truth.

A red spot of blood in a chicken egg is actually a ruptured blood vessel. Each egg contains blood vessels that will eventually become lifelines to the developing embryo if that egg is fertilized and subsequently incubated.

Generally though, blood in chicken eggs is not anything to be concerned about. You can eat an egg you find with blood in it. You might opt to remove the blood spot with the tine of a fork or the tip of a knife if you prefer, prior to cooking the egg for aesthetic reasons, but it’s perfectly edible.

Info from backyardpoultry.com

Check out our quail eggs featured in one of this week's specials! 😍
10/27/2022

Check out our quail eggs featured in one of this week's specials! 😍

Our newest little additions. My personal favorite are the black copper marans
09/22/2022

Our newest little additions. My personal favorite are the black copper marans

09/10/2022

The more you know: After seeing the prices for eggs at Walmart this weekend I wanted to take a second to educate people on the differences between the eggs.

Free Run Omega-3 eggs for $6.94
Free run means not in a cage, but still in a community building. Think 10,000 chickens on the concrete floor of a large "barn". No access to the outside. But they aren't kept in cages, right? Yuck!

Omega-3 means an omega 3 powder supplement is sprinkled in their processed feed. Much the same that we as humans would take in a vitamin supplement. Less than 3% of that translates to the eggs.

Organic, free range brown eggs for $6.28
Organic only means that 20% of their feed is certified organic. That's it.

Again, Free range= they aren't in cages. They MIGHT have access to a covered, outdoor run but it isn't mandatory.

Brown eggs do not equal unbleached. All commercial eggs go through a bleach bath.

Advertising makes you think your getting the good, all natural stuff, when in reality...you’re getting far less than you think.

Fun fact: a chicken that has access to sunlight lays an egg that 50% higher in Vitamin D

So if your going to spend $5-$7/at Walmart for "free run" or other fancy branded eggs, why not spend your money at a local farm or homestead and/or support a small business?

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