Comments on: Farm fresh eggs and how to tell when they're not

By: gabi

gabi — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:37:53 +0000

Well, I don’t have chickens myself so I don’t want to give you misinformation. A good friend of mine does though. She writes all about them on her blog, which you can contact her through as well. http://pejorativejinx.blogspot.com/

By: Angi

Angi — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:54:17 +0000

I found you through an internet search. 2 of my children are raising hens to sell their eggs. They have 31 hens and 1 rooster. The hens are just now beginning to lay and I noticed that when I cracked the eggs this morning that the yolk of one broke. I was wondering if that ment that the egg was not fresh? If, so we need to be more careful about collecting so that we make sure we only sell eggs that are fresh. Any ideas?

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:03:48 +0000

The images are awesome! Thank you…I love your info. I have 5 chickens and they just started producing about 3 weeks ago. I love my “girls”…I call them, “sisters”. They are so gentle and sweet. They produce mega eggs..usually 5 in a day when I give them watermelon the day before! There is simply no comparison…fresh to store bought. When testing eggs…even when unsure about when laid…they are always fresh. Even in our 100+ heat in Texas. So glad we bought these chicks back in March. They are so fun to raise….all those sayings based on chickens are so true! “Madder than than a wet hen”, etc….

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:39:16 +0000

Thank so much for this info. I love your blog and the photos are amazing, and inspiring. Let me say about stressing over one’s eggs. Surely yes, there are better things to do than that. NO doubt about it, but, and I say this lovingly, most earnestly, and with a smile… There is NO colon cleanse like the quite possibly unexpected, and perhaps even untimely, and involuntary, surprise colon cleanse you’ll get from eating a bad egg. So skip that egg check. Go ahead. Just don’t wear white when you go to town to run your errands after breakfast.
There y’go. Nuff said :)

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:34:52 +0000

And that is why I started raising my own chickens.

I’d always bought the least expensive eggs at the grocery store, but now that I have an endless supply of fresh, I’d hate to go back!

By: gabi

gabi — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:58:56 +0000

So true, so true.

By: almost crunchy

almost crunchy — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:53:08 +0000

I started raising my own chickens just to be able to have an unlimited supply of fresh eggs. Once you taste fresh eggs, you can’t go back to their pale, lackluster, tasteless counterparts from the store. Try localharvest.org to find a source.

By: MmePaulita

MmePaulita — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:07:53 +0000

First off Ryan’s photos are amazing as ever.

Thanks so much for this info on eggs. Not more then 1/2 hour ago I was searching craigslist to see if there was someone local I could buy eggs from…..mind meld