82 degrees and my poor Cochins are already hot..then we'll go back to the 50's in a day or so apparently 🙄 can't nobody make up their mind, even the weather!
Just wanted to take a min to bring up the subject of "farm eggs."
With worry about food shortages, people are more interested than ever to get eggs from farms or friends who raise them ect.
Just wanted to take a min to bring up the subject of "farm eggs."
With worry about food shortages, people are more interested than ever to get eggs from farms or friends who raise them ect.
So here's the deal..
Alot of people have gotten turned off to farm eggs for various reasons. I've heard horror stories of people cracking open these eggs they were looking forward to, and finding partially developed chicks, or that the eggs stink and are rotten ect.
That's why you do NOT get them from just random people unless you know how they do things!
I'm extremely picky about our eating eggs. Some eggs are always for hatching depending on the breed, and some are from layers only.
I get the eggs three times a day, especially when it's hot or cold enough to freeze them.
It takes 12 hours for a chick to start to form in a fertile egg, so if you get an egg like that, it's because they weren't gathered often and a hen had sat on them. I know people who cook any egg they happen to find randomly in the barn, sheds, or out in the grass somewhere.
Nope, that's just nasty ,and they dang sure shouldn't be selling them.
Oh you can do float tests ect to see how old they are, but I won't. They would either be pitched or fed to the animals.
Sometimes, you will also get an egg that has blood spots or meat spots. It's fine to eat them with the meat spots, but again, I don't lol.
Store bought eggs go through a process of detecting and kicking out the eggs with spots but some sneak through. I've cracked store bought eggs with blood spots.
To sum it up, buy from a reputable person, or have your own hens so you know what you're eating. Also, I've always told my kids about the "egg bowl."
The grandmas would always have a small bowl called the egg bowl. You crack each egg one at a time in that bowl. That way, if it's not good, you pitch it instead of cracking it into your ingredients and ruining the whole thing.
Egg bowl! 😏
Alot of people have gotten turned off to farm eggs for various reasons. I've heard horror stories of people cracking open these eggs they were looking forward to, and finding partially developed chicks, or that the eggs stink and are rotten ect.
That's why you do NOT get them from just random people unless you know how they do things!
I'm extremely picky about our eating eggs. Some eggs are always for hatching depending on the breed, and some are from layers only.
I get the eggs three times a day, especially when it's hot or cold enough to freeze them.
It takes 12 hours for a chick to start to form in a fertile egg, so if you get an egg like that, it's because they weren't gathered often and a hen had sat on them. I know people who cook any egg they happen to find randomly in the barn, sheds, or out in the grass somewhere.
Nope, that's just nasty ,and they dang sure shouldn't be selling them.
Oh you can do float tests ect to see how old they are, but I won't. They would either be pitched or fed to the animals.
Sometimes, you will also get an egg that has blood spots or meat spots. It's fine to eat them with the meat spots, but again, I don't lol.
Store bought eggs go through a process of detecting and kicking out the eggs with spots but some sneak through. I've cracked store bought eggs with blood spots.
To sum it up, buy from a reputable person, or have your own hens so you know what you're eating. Also, I've always told my kids about the "egg bowl."
The grandmas would always have a small bowl called the egg bowl. You crack each egg one at a time in that bowl. That way, if it's not good, you pitch it instead of cracking it into your ingredients and ruining the whole thing.
Egg bowl! 😏
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