Do you know people grossed out by fresh eggs?

[6chickens in St. Charles]

Oh this thread is hilarious!

Our first grader was overheard saying "...its okay, your eggs came from a chickens tookus too, you'll be ok"

Our sons are at "the age" where, y'know, things come up.

4 months ago they didn't bother to collect eggs for a few days and woops! 2 new chicks in the flock! So now the 9 and 12 year old boys have been talking about sex, but its funny how the discussion involves our Silkie rooster "doesn't even look like he's doing it", "sometimes he's on backwards but it seems to work" "I'm sure he can't even see which end he's on" and "SEX LEADS TO BABIES" and "oh please cant we let a total Silkie hatch, not just the accident muttchicks,pleeeeease?"

We didnt know the backyard chickens would break the ice for us when we got them. Now instead of (willing ignorance) nervousness about the subject of where our meat comes from, and sex, we get a some laughs in there, too. What a treat!

 

[Cheep a'lil Talk a'lil]

DH is really glad that we are doing chickens for eggs and meat. And how he doesn't want to hear any whining from the kids about it being "gross" or anything. And that if they did a blind folded taste test that they wouldn't be able to tell the difference between ours and store bought.
I said "Yes they would, ours would taste much better!!"

 

[swedishfish]

My mother will hardly ever eat our eggs. She says its because she ate a duck egg once when she stayed at a friend's house when she was little. She says it was orange. Sometimes I even have a hard time eating our eggs, but only if they've got something weird in them, or if their shells are funny, or if they're really really dirty. Normally I just gather them, have my dad cook them, and I'll eat them.

 

[6chickens in St. Charles]

Now, when people ask "do you eat the eggs?" I'll wonder if they're grossed out. I used to think they were just curious, as in "do your chickens lay real eggs?" but maybe some people are just trying to affirm how icky they think it is. It seems to shock people that eggs come from chickens, some people just dont get over it.

I never give any away, anyhow. They're mine. All mine. Mine mine mine.
Maybe I'm broody.

 

[Cheep a'lil Talk a'lil]

6chickens in St. Charles :

I never give any away, anyhow. They're mine. All mine. Mine mine mine.
Maybe I'm broody.

 

[Equus5O]

Cheep a'lil Talk a'lil :

6chickens in St. Charles :

I never give any away, anyhow. They're mine. All mine. Mine mine mine.
Maybe I'm broody.

LMAO I'm a greedy little miser!​

 

[Scoop]

I'm giving a new friend of mine a half dozen eggs today to see if she likes them. Can't wait to see the reaction to green eggs!

 

[Andora]

When my in-laws told me they only ate eggs from the store I was so confused. All eggs come out of a chicken's butt, doesn't matter if they were at Kroger or from my backyard.

My FIL said someone at his office kept giving him fresh eggs and they were so nasty, he would just throw them away as soon as he left the office. What a terrible waste! I think of how hard my girls work to lay me each egg...

He said he cracked one open the first time the person gave him the eggs and it was orange and...*gasp* it tasted like something, and the taste was so strong he couldn't even eat it with cheese. Hmm...maybe it tasted like EGGS!

I think people who prefer old, pale, wax coated grocery store eggs can have them. I just ate some fresh eggs scrambled with fresh cow milk and it was like eating dessert for breakfast.

 

[Andora]

Forgot to add, my DH was a little freaked out about eating our eggs at first. But now he won't eat store bought eggs, and he tries to force everyone he knows to just try our fresh eggs because he swears they will never go back to store eggs again!

 

[lelisabeth]

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Just got my FIRST EGG this weekend!! It was light green/blue, ate the first one and I gave the second one to the neighbor kid (12 yrs old). He was so excited to get a blue egg that I really doubt his mother could have turned it down! Maybe going through the younger kids before they have preconceived notions is the way to win them over? I can't wait to hear today if he liked it, he was gushing over how he was going to have it for breakfast this morning.

ETA: I sure hope he didn't think it was going to be blue inside the egg... I didn't clarify that.