Arizona Chickens

[SonoranChick]

Question for anyone who can help me out...we have tried to hard boil our eggs several times and they just don't come out right. We use an egg timer and have tried rinsing them in ice water after boiling, but the shells don't peel away from the hard boiled egg like they should. What is the secret to hard boiling our farm fresh eggs? The eggs from the store don't seem to have this issue, but I know that's a different ballgame (they aren't as fresh, etc.)

 

[cactusrota]

I need to start a rule at my house: No carton? No eggs!

Ya, just in case, before i left, I took 4 dozen out of the cartons and put them in a small cardboard box. haha!!

 

[cactusrota]

Question for anyone who can help me out...we have tried to hard boil our eggs several times and they just don't come out right. We use an egg timer and have tried rinsing them in ice water after boiling, but the shells don't peel away from the hard boiled egg like they should. What is the secret to hard boiling our farm fresh eggs? The eggs from the store don't seem to have this issue, but I know that's a different ballgame (they aren't as fresh, etc.)

I get better peeling if I heat up the water first before I put the eggs in... but ya, it's always tough to figure out the best way to do it.

 

[BlueBaby]

I need to start a rule at my house: No carton? No eggs!

I got lucky. The people that I give eggs to return my cartons, plus bring me more that they bought eggs in at the stores. I have a whole stack of them!

I just sold a few of my Australorp's to a lady that lives up in Colorado. I let her take my big Blue rooster, and she is going to start breeding them up there in Colorado. I will be bringing in new ones soon, and I will let you know what bloodline they will be after I get them.

 

[MagicChicken]

I don't think that anyone here in our AZ. thread is even breeding the RIR's, so maybe that's why no one took them. I have also heard that the Breeders heirloom RIR's are so dark in color that they almost look black?

There is a huge difference between hatchery rhode island reds versus show quality rhode island reds. Size, shape, feather quality, coloring are all different. I don't know any RIR breeders who would be interested in hatchery birds.

 

[MagicChicken]

@BlueBaby, my cockerels are big enough to eat when they are big enough to be crowing. There may be more bones than meat at 12-14 weeks, but what meat there is is yummy. When they are young a good way to prepare them is spatchcock them and grill them. (Spatchcocking is when you cut out the backbone and flatten out the bird for grilling or roasting.)

 

[BlueBaby]

There is a huge difference between hatchery rhode island reds versus show quality rhode island reds. Size, shape, feather quality, coloring are all different. I don't know any RIR breeders who would be interested in hatchery birds.

That's what I thought! Thank's for the new term that you just taught me on the Spatchcocking".

 

[meetthebubus]

@SonoranChick well for me it wasn't the boiling method. I found that finding the part of the egg that had that bit of air space, peeling it from there i could find the membrane better which makes it a bit easier.

My theory is when the girls are new layers, their shells and membranes are just so strong boiled eggs are just difficult to peel. I notice now that my girls eggs are easier to peel i don't know if its bc they are older, the shells are still really strong, just not as strong.

or maybe its bc i boil them now in my instapot.

 

[meetthebubus]

ok i finally found again the blog i saw before about culling after 3 days, if anyone wanted to see it here is the link to it... still boils my blood reading it again lol

http://www.theselfsufficienthomeacre.com/2015/01/how-to-tell-if-a-hen-is-laying-eggs.html

 

[igorsMistress]

Question for anyone who can help me out...we have tried to hard boil our eggs several times and they just don't come out right. We use an egg timer and have tried rinsing them in ice water after boiling, but the shells don't peel away from the hard boiled egg like they should. What is the secret to hard boiling our farm fresh eggs? The eggs from the store don't seem to have this issue, but I know that's a different ballgame (they aren't as fresh, etc.)

Wait until the eggs are a week old to hard boil. After boiling I rinse with cold water in the pan, then add enough ice and water so the ice doesn't melt, then leave them in the sink a while. At least 10 minutes, longer is better, I leave them for half an hour or so.