Difference in store bought vs your own egg shells

Isn't that an amazing discovery? Our own chicken's eggs are superior in every way Good luck with the 25 creme brulees. Yum.

 

My eggs have much thicker shells than store bought eggs.

 

Egg production is really down here and I've had to buy eggs. I always wind up with pieces of shell in the skillet! The shells are so thin and fragile, they shatter into so many small pieces. I love my eggs. You really have to give them a good whack, and they usually break cleanly in two, no annoying little parts to fish out of the hot skillet

 

Oh, it's amazing how much stronger our eggs are. I don't know if it's the type of chicken or not....
Sooooo Creme' Brulees......where do you live again?? That is my favorite dessert.

 

All my eggs from all the breeds we have have thicker shells, even the ones that are laying daily. I do give mine free choice of oyster shell too. Maybe production birds who lay like machines also have a predisposition towards thin shells, but I wonder if it's related moreso to feed.

 

Hey, if you need help with that creme brùlêe...

Jenny

 

Yuppers--nice shells from our girls too (well we did have 2 shelless ones when they first started to lay)! Um, you gonna have to make extra Creme Brulee's.....

 

I can't resist peeking at the factory eggs when I pass them in the store, but it always makes me a little sad. The shells are so thin they're almost transparent! And the white eggs have little gray hairline cracks everywhere - ugh. I hate to think of people buying those and not knowing the difference.

My chickens' eggs have beautiful thick smooth shells, and I especially love seeing all the color variation when I look in my cartons. And don't even get me started on the quality of the egg inside. We chicken farmers are really lucky people.