03/07/2024
We now have EGGS for sale! Our eggs are farm fresh, completely free range, and are laid where and when the chickens or ducks feel like it. Our birds eat what they can forage off the land, kitchen scraps, cracked corn, meal worms, black soldier fly worms, black sunflower seeds, and garden variety dry layer or duck food. (Yes they are spoiled)
The chicken breeds are Cuckoo Maran, Blue Laced Red Wyandot, Americana, Jersey Giants and a couple of random semi retired birds that really don't lay anymore. (They get to live out their nonproductive years just as they did when laying, not in a soup kettle) These birds have names, come when you call them, better than our dog at times, and are pets.
The chicken eggs range from medium to extra large but are ungraded. The colors could be green/blue, brown, or brown with dark speckles. The eggs will be random and unsorted, but all delicious.
You will quickly notice that the eggs have not been washed. When laid, the egg has a protective coating on the shell to help protect the egg inside. When they are washed, that beneficial coating goes away with the dirt. Wash the eggs in cold soapy water right before use.
As mentioned before the chickens make it an Easter egg hunt everyday. We tend to go hunting multiple times a day to get them up as soon as possible. Even though they have favorite spots sometimes they will just lay them under a plant, tipped over flower pot, or even just a box destined for recycling under a chair. Recently they have invaded my parent's garage laying them in all sorts of obscure places. Though we try our best to to make sure we get them all as fresh as possible there is the potential that we might miss one every now and then and it might be uncollected longer than most. We have not had any problems eating them ourselves for several months now, but if you get one that is not to your expectations we will ask the hen to replace it for you.
We do not candle our eggs, we are not experts at seeing what is inside an eggshell until we break it open. The occasional double yolk, blood spot, or "meat spot" is possible but so far has been a rare occurrence. If something bothers you please just let us know.
We do not have a rooster so the chicken eggs are unfertilized and have no potential for life.
The duck breeds are Pekin and Silver Laced Appleyard. The egg colors are a pale blue towards white or light tan with speckles. These eggs are VERY dirty because, well, they are ducks and like to play in the water and make mud puddles wherever they go. No idea on sizing, they are larger than any chicken egg, about 150%, but smaller than a turkey egg which is about 250% - 300% of a chicken egg. These eggs ARE fertilized if it matters. It does not affect the taste or quality.
