Anyone else have "issues" with eating their chickens eggs?

[sussexgal]

Hey Leah,

There's probably as many reasons as there are folks.... my reason? Feels like canibalism almost. I had the same problem with eating my excess roos. Weird huh? Not so much canibalism, I guess .... more like a feeling of eating the family dog. I was raised a farm kid - we ate what we raised. Beef pork chicken lamb... so I have that mind set in my head rattling around - but still. As an adult off the farm for more than 20 years it was a leap to jump back in. If I had to guess, I'd say you really like your chickens. Worry over them, laugh at their antics - they have become pets.

Celia

 

[Iansmommy]

Celia,

We also raised our own beef, chickens etc. I remember as a little kids right in there with the adults plucking chickens and I thought nothing of it. But like you it has been 25 years since I have plucked a chicken. We had one extra roo and he is still in the freezer as I haven't been able to eat him yet. DH took care of the deed because I couldn't do it. I don't know why I have this hangup now.

I'm sure this will pass with time, it just seems like it is taking awhile.

Thanks for all of the stories, there is hope for me yet

 

[Shared Acres]

Oh I completely feel you. I haven't eaten any of ours yet.

I did boil some up to give to the chicks and it had a stronger smell.

 

[debilorrah]

Once you taste them, there is no way you would go back to store bought. They are tasteless compared to fresh. I can't imagine NOT eating our eggs.

 

[ears73]

Great posts - I thought my husband was crazy to have started a bee hive (his end goal was to make mead) only then to not want to take the honey for fear of stealing from them.... now I wonder, when we finally get the eggs, if he will be able to eat them!

I was never a lover of eggs before and I don't eat meat so I am not exactly sure what compelled me to raise chickens, but I can tell you that I will be eating a ton once the girls start laying! Hearing all the descriptions of your fresh eggs compared to store bought ones is getting me VERY excited to try them out!

 

[mistylady]

I got my first egg last week and I still sit and wonder at it. A few more hens are laying now and I gathered enough eggs to make a fried egg sandwich for dh but I can't bring myself to eat a cackleberry from my girls yet. It took four eggs to make his sandwich since the eggs were small and the last one I cracked open was a doubleyolker! Too cool!!!! I have ten eggs saved now and I was planning on makng him another sandwich and scrambing some for myself for lunch but ............ I just made myself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch..... eggs are safe. There's certainly no way I could ever cook one of the chickens!

I'm a bad farmer.

 

[unclejoe]

Sorry folks. Our first egg was 4 of them and we had them for breakfast the next morning. MMMMMMM.

 

[sussexgal]

Leah,

Try eating just the whites to begin with. Like an eggwhite omelette.... just a thought.

Celia

 

[WriterofWords]

I don't mind them scrambled or baked, but over easy I can't do if they are fertile. I find myself poking through the yolk looking for spots or red stuff or a beak,,,, lol but other than that I eat them. Oh, not boiled, same reasoning.

 

[mbrobbins]

I feel the same way, and so does my husband. I guess because we relate to the cute furry looking babies that are produced from those silkie eggs. There isn't a problem if they are standard chicken eggs from our previously owned Australorps. But ,we only have silkies and seramas now.: