Farm Fresh Eggs

Fresh out of the chicken coop eggs! Nothing like them. They are so different than the store-bought ones. I love how not-uniform they are..different sizes, different colors, a few "freckles" here and there. The shells are stronger than the ones in the store. The yellows are almost orange they are so full of good Omega 3 fatty acids. They smell better than other eggs when they are cooking, but most importantly, THEY TASTE BETTER! The picture is about what we normally get per day here on the farm. We now have 24 chickens and we get 22 eggs on average each day. And with four children and a few regular customers, none of them go to waste. It's hard to believe, but it is once again time to sign up for the 4H pullet chain project that started this whole chicken adventure last April. We have some interested participants but I'm not sure I want to enlarge the coop and the run to accomidate more chickens. And then there is the question shold we do the day-old chicks again or just buy year old layers. Buy chicks and do the 4H project or just buy chicks from a supplier? Questions we'll have to answer pretty soon as the days get longer and Spring is on the way.