Kiep & Kleur

19/12/2025

New record!! 85g egg from an unidentified hen 👀

23/10/2025

Kom ondersteun ons asseblief by

D I E •V A R S M A R K•

2 November📍 70 Dr Beyers Naude St, Middelburg

17/10/2025

Kiep & Kleur NOW EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE AT Farm Inn, Middelburg!! 🪺🐓

08/10/2025

🙌🏻 🍳 🪺

You know, the older I get and the more I see what happens behind closed doors, the harder it gets to eat something that’s lost its soul.

I can’t eat a store-bought egg. We went for a Wimpy breakfast a few weeks back and I just sat there staring at that pale little yolk on my plate, thinking of the hens that laid it. You can taste the sadness. You can see the sadness. Once you’ve had a proper egg from a happy, free-range hen — one that spends her days scratching in the dirt, dust-bathing in the sun, and eating grass and bugs — you’ll never look back.

Just look at the picture. The one on the left is the store-bought egg. That washed-out yellow yolk? That’s a diet of pellets and confinement. The one on the right, the deep orange beauty? That’s sunshine, greens, worms, and freedom. And that color means nutrition — more omega-3s, more vitamins, more antioxidants, more life.

Battery hens, on the other hand… it’s heartbreaking. Crammed into wire cages where they can’t even spread their wings. Artificial lights tricking their bodies into laying nonstop. Many never touch grass or see daylight. Their beaks are trimmed so they don’t peck each other out of stress. That’s not farming — that’s a factory. And that’s the reality behind most of the eggs on supermarket shelves.

So, when you buy your eggs, think about where they come from. Somewhere nearby, there’s a small-scale farmer, maybe even a neighbor, who lets their hens live like hens should. Support that person. You’ll taste the difference — your body will feel it — and your conscience will be lighter too.

Once you’ve had that deep orange yolk from a free, happy hen… there’s no going back.

20/09/2025

Dankie meisies!! 🪺🐓 Swipe ook regs om vir Mr Handsome te ontmoet - die man agter ons mooi blou eiertjies.

11/09/2025

𝐖𝐚𝐚𝐫 𝐤𝐨𝐦 𝐠𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞 𝐞𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐚𝐧?

🌈🥚 Kleurvolle eiers – Moeder Natuur se genetika aan die werk! 🥚🌈

Baie mense wonder of ons ons henne iets voer om hulle eiers groen, blou of sjokoladebruin te maak… maar die geheim lê in 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐊𝐀 🧬.

Elke hoenderras dra spesiale gene wat bepaal watter kleur hul eiers gaan wees.

Só werk dit:

🩵 Blou eiers: Die pigment oocyanin word deur die héle dop neergelê terwyl die eier vorm – daarom is dit blou binne en buite.

💚 Groen/olyf eiers: ’n Blou-eier-hoender waarop ’n bruin pigment (protoporfyrin) bo-oor gevoeg word aan die einde van dopvorming.

🤎 Donkerbruin eiers: Die bruin pigment word eers in die laaste paar ure voor lê op die buitekant van die dop geplaas. (Ons henne gaan ons hopelik binnekort bederf met donkerbruin eiers!!)

Geen kos of kleurstowwe kan die kleur van eiers verander nie - net ongelooflike hoendergenetika en Moeder Natuur wat haar ding doen! 🐔🌿

So as jy ’n kleurvolle eier van Kiep & Kleur oopbreek, onthou; die dop lyk dalk anders, maar binne is dit dieselfde voedsame, vars plaas-eier.

En kan julle asseblief net vandag se mandjie beleef!! 😍🪺⬇️

02/09/2025

Kiep & Kleur bring vir jou lente op jou tafel! 🌸🐥

Vars, kleurvolle eiers direk uit die nes - elkeen uniek, net soos hierdie nuwe seisoen. 🪺🌷

Watse kleur is jou gunsteling?? 😍

27/08/2025

🐓🪺 Vars uit die nes – van ons eerste Kiep & Kleur eiers! 🤩
Freshly laid today – nature’s own rainbow on your breakfast table.