ya'll are gunna be like, duh . . .

[fallenweeble]

so, i don't know why i waited so long but i finally ate two of the eggs my girls started laying last week.

i scrambled two of them in my microwave with a little milk and they were delicious.
there really IS a difference between store bought and homegrown eggs (yup, there's the "duh" part right?).

it's just so very cool to be able to eat something produced in your own home/on your own property. now between the orange trees and the chickens i'll always have breakfast no matter what!

as long as i have space to have them i will always keep pet chickens. i'm a lifer for sure now!

 

[okiechick57]

aw always good to see yet another peeps succumb

 

[Scrambled Egg]

It really isn't an experience you can just tell others about and have them understand! Collecting those eggs and thinking of them as a food source is really an incredible thing only those of us that actually raise chickens can really understand!! I bet we can all totally relate to the duh moment!! I always say, "thanks for the eggs girls"!

 

[peepsnbunnies]

Scrambled Egg - Me too... I always tell my girls how beautiful and what good girls they are and how beautiful their eggs are. Then I Thank them for laying such nice eggs. DH thinks I am goofy!

 

[Henrietta23]

We've been buying free range eggs at our local food co-op since our hens stopped laying. Last night we visited a friend who gave us a dozen of her backyard eggs. Even between the co-op eggs, which come from a small farm that belongs to another friend and are truly free range, the yolks stood up taller and were much more orange. Even I had forgotten how much better the truly fresh backyard eggs were!

 

[CarriBrown]

Weeble, don't even bother putting milk in those eggs. They fluff up nicely without it!

There is such a difference between a store bought egg and an egg from my girls. The scrambled eggs are so fluffy and light. I think our girls give us good eggs because they love us!

 

[fallenweeble]

 

[McGoo]

Congratulations on learning the distinct difference. It's unbelievable - isn't it? I'm hooked too! And some of my hens lay better eggs than others. I've got a RIR who lays small eggs with yolks that are very dark orange and super good!

I also find that they work much better in recipes. Who would have guessed since big biz tries to pull the wool over our eyes!

 

[Churkenduse]

Weeble, don't even bother putting milk in those eggs. They fluff up nicely without it!

I thought that it was amazing to go out and pick a tomato off the vine, But now that I go out and pick eggs, there is nothing better.

I had my first omelet the other day, I like sunny side over, and I did not need to add anything, Carribrown is right, they fluff up so high it is amazing.

Welcome to the club!!

 

[LoneCowboy]

I think anytime you add a huge number of chickens or anything you lose flavor and quality. I bet the people who have the eggs at the co-op don't have time to take treats out to their girls, and there probably isn't a lot of green grass left to eat either. That's what I keep telling DH, our broilers will taste better because we are doing fewer.