my family wont eat "home grown" eggs........

[shortgrass]

I recommend you insist on those snotty kids of yours writing a detailed essay describing every single reason they can think of why they believe store bought eggs are superior to farm fresh eggs. If their reasons outnumber your reasons why farm fresh eggs are superior, then and only then will you buy them eggs to eat from the store.

Oh THAT,yes, THAT

You could show them pictures of how commercial chickens are kept that produce the store bought eggs. Compare them to how your chickens are raised. Do they feel good about supporting the companies that keep those chickens in tiny cages?

Sometimes a little guilt can go a long way.

And if guilt doesn't work, then I say if they want store bought eggs, they can use their own gas, time and money to go buy some. And cook them. And clean up the dishes afterwards. I wouldn't support their illogical bias in any way, shape or form.

Seriously, and THAT


It's understandable to be leery, I mean, these eggs are FRESH out of a chicken behind, not MONTHS old like the ones in the store. They are hand fed with food YOU have selected, not commercial mass pellet animal by-product and chemical wormers and antibiotics etc, ew. Oh gross, fresh eggs, how awful

Don't EVER tell them that they might be fertile, or that they just ate a DUCK egg lol.. I'm just failing to understand why a fresh brown egg would be less acceptable than a gross store bought egg, but then again, there are people who prefer McDonalds over grass fed steak. Farm fresh can taste sooo much richer and sweeter, but some are just so used to BLAND that it's a hard switch.

My kids got mad at me for sneaking them duck eggs for breakfast, but they were gobbling them up just fine until I asked, "how are the duck eggs?".. They were bummed because they've been wanting to incubate some ducklings, and here we were eating g them


I say hold out on them, keep educating, and display those beautiful eggs as a centerpiece at every meal; quiche, deviled eggs, hard boiled and pickled, on salads, sandwiches, and cakes cookies and pies! .. At 19, that boy should know where his food comes from and quit whining like a baby and be a man, eat the eggs lol

Edit* autocorrect

 

[Sonya9]

I am a picky eater too. I know my logic is not right, but I grew up finding great comfort in "sterilized" mass produced grocery store food. Anyways, what changed my attitude towards store bought eggs was seeing how the egg farm hens (battery hens) are treated. Show your family the conditions the poor battery hens are kept, and let them then decide if they want eggs from those hens (which often are over a month old before making it to the grocery store), or fresh eggs from happy chickens.

Yeah I bought chickens as pets and for the eggs but I was a bit weirded out the first couple of times I ate the eggs, it seemed so weirdly personal and almost obscene to eat an egg that came out of one of my animal friends.

Knowing that the eggs come from happy chickens makes all the difference in the world though, when I occasionally have to buy a carton of eggs I feel bad for the hens that laid them.

 

[shortgrass]

I grew up in the country, my wife grew up in the country and we've raised our children in the country. I have the opposite problem from my kids. If you were to put a dozen store bought eggs in the fridge, they'd still be there this time next year. They want our eggs, our beef and our vegetables. Not store bought.

Yep, same here lol... They're spoiled with fresh eggs and produce and everything made from scratch. They HATE McDonalds, and for kids, that's impressive

If you want to put them into total panic, tell them you've been providing their milk for years.


So sorry for that. Forgive me lord.

Oh Joe, but its true ROFL

 

[JanetMarie]

I have no problem being vocal about why I eat the animal products I do. People should be ashamed of the way they condone the factory farm industry, by consuming those products knowing. I also have no problem explaining why I would NOT attend a tortured turkey thanksgiving dinner, and (give thanks for it?!!).

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

I have no problem being vocal about why I eat the animal products I do.  People should be ashamed of the way they condone the factory farm industry, by consuming those products knowing.  I also have no problem explaining why I would NOT attend a tortured turkey thanksgiving dinner, and (give thanks for it?!!).

You need to find yourself a hunter and get a turkey from them. Turkeys are a bit of a pest here.

 

[shortgrass]

I have no problem being vocal about why I eat the animal products I do.  People should be ashamed of the way they condone the factory farm industry, by consuming those products knowing.  I also have no problem explaining why I would NOT attend a tortured turkey thanksgiving dinner, and (give thanks for it?!!).

I can understand your feelings there....

You need to find yourself a hunter and get a turkey from them. Turkeys are a bit of a pest here.

And that's what I was going g to suggest lol

We hunt wild turkey; less guilt, help the ecosystem, and we literally watch them grow up from eyeballing them as poults along the river to oh, just about now; my license is up for renewal and time to stock up on shells

I'll give thanks over and over for God blessing me with the OPTION to choose between the two

 

[Beer can]

Show them YouTube vids of battery cage hens of the egg industry. Explain to them how old the eggs from a store are. Don't know what they ate. The yolks of fresh eggs stand up and the whites hold their shape in the pan, store bought spreads out in the pan, gross.

If they still won't eat fresh eggs there is no hope for them.

 

[JanetMarie]

You need to find yourself a hunter and get a turkey from them. Turkeys are a bit of a pest here.

We actually prepare non-traditional food. If we do cook poultry, it's our own home-bred and organically raised roosters. In my opinion, taste better than turkey, and a more manageable size bird.

 

[JanetMarie]

I'll give thanks over and over for God blessing me with the OPTION to choose between the two

Yes! And give thanks for the choice to cook anything; make your own tradition!

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

We actually prepare non-traditional food.  If we do cook poultry, it's our own home-bred and organically raised roosters.  In my opinion, taste better than turkey, and a more manageable size bird.

And there is nothing wrong with that. Turkeys really are as pest here though, so we are always happy to eliminate a couple. And wild turkeys are smaller then their fattened brothers. My father is talking about comming out this weekend and looking for a couple of birds, really looking forward to it.