Okay, I gotta admit, that is pretty cool

[sholio]

Fresh from the coop (and next to a regular white storebought egg for comparison):



Now I know at least two of them are laying, since the other eggs I've gotten have been brown.

I wasn't expecting them to lay at all this winter; I haven't been supplying extra light and wasn't really planning on it 'til launching them on their new career in February. On the other hand, if they feel like laying, I'm not going to complain about it.

Husband: "That's not a very big egg."
Me: "It's not a very big chicken, either."

Comments

[leesa_perrie]

Yay! Fresh eggs!! And lol at the conversation - you can't expect big eggs from little chickens, sholio's husband! :D

[sholio]

*grin* They were just tiny babies this spring! They can only grow so fast!

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

How tough are the shells?
The large organic free range eggs I get features shells which are fairly
tough..........
It was totally different one time when I bought your run of the mill
half dozen. The eggs were huge, supposedly same large size as the organic, and the shells almost broke apart totally when I rapped them on side of a bowl
before dumping them in and scrambling them.

[sholio]

Yeah, they're pretty tough. I normally buy free-range eggs (which actually is what those white ones are), and their shells are WAY stronger than the regular, run-of-the-mill, battery-cage eggs. My homegrown ones are similar, unless I slack off on giving the hens their calcium supplements, in which case the eggs can get fragile.

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

((((NODS)))))
I am frankly not surprised. Smaller and stronger shells....
I buy organic, cage free eggs...and really feel they are totally
different than the rest.
They are like I remember gathering when I was a kid for DGM or
when we spent time with our cousin who had a ranch in mountains of WA
Her hens hated me raiding their nests, but DGM were more forgiving.
Guess it is because they knew me.
They were of course all range free, cage free...........roosted in hen
house at night.
I really loved chickens.

[sholio]

Hee! I think it's a good thing for kids to be around animals when they're growing up, at least a little bit. I grew up on a farm and I'm glad of it!

My chickens don't have all that much room to roam around, especially at this time of year, but it'll be better come summer ...

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

What used to get me is how fast they would pull into the driveway and the way the hens all flew out of the way
Surprised they were not killed but none were ...........
I was around DGM enough and around cousins in the mountains
and so feel a closeness to farm/ranch life
I also remember how one of DGM's chickens followed me around......so funny
She would make the funniest clucking sounds as she did.

[miscellanny.livejournal.com]

Also, to be fair, American eggs are scary as all hell. No offense or anything but pure white eggs are terrifying...

[sholio]

Hee! They are different, it's true! (You can buy brown ones here, but only as free-range/organic eggs. Most breeds of chickens that you just buy to keep at home lay brown eggs, though! At least all the ones I've owned ...)

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Oh cool! My dad keeps saying that 'fresh from under the chicken' eggs are even better than organic/free-range-farmstand.

[sholio]

They are better! Even my husband commented on it, and he's not really someone who notices food subtlety all that much.

[droolfangrrl.livejournal.com]

Have a prezzie!

You need to get us pictures of them now that they're all grown up.

[sholio]

I should! Although it's hard to get pictures of them right now, because they spend most of their time huddling in their house ...

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Hee! Oh, that is so cool. ♥

[sholio]

*grin* Thanks!