Fresh eggs from Pet Chickens, Huge difference from store eggs

[IcePickFreak]

/petschicken before I tell it I'm going to eat it's young...muhahahahaha

Ummm that's not an issue unless you have a rooster around too. 99% of commercial eggs that you buy at the store aren't fertilized either, there's no point. (If you need more info than that, you should probably call mom or dad.)

 

[Train]

A decent hen will give 5-6 eggs a week. Continually.

Really? On my uncles farm, each cage had 3 hens, and we collected ~3 eggs from each case twice a day, so thats 14 eggs/hen/week. But it was the "mass production" kinda farm, so additives in the food were likely. IIRC they were/are the largest poultry farm in Ohio.

 

[EagleKeeper]

My numbers are based on the 4-5 hens that we had growing up.
20x20 coop
They had access to 3-4 acres to range during the day.

 

[BladeVenom]

I get duck eggs from a local farm. Fantastic

Duck eggs are great. Although I guess it might depend on the breed. The ones I've had, had richer more orange yolks, and brighter whites.

The only downside was they just didn't want to break nicely like a chicken egg.

 

[SZLiao214]

I've never gotten to try eggs like that but i would like to someday. Actually i want to eat a lot of animals from farms like that.

 

[JEDI]

Sunny side up, Little bit of olive oil to fry and you get to really taste what an egg is supposed to be. Very rich, very yellow and big yolk. And it is a thick yolk not runny either. Tastes Amazing.

Get yourself a Pet Chicken and Enjoy the best eggs ever.

Just make sure you have a good sized plot so they can free roam and hang around and a good coop so they can lay them eggs.

We get our eggs every 2 weeks from a local farm. Good shit. You can totally tell a difference between them and store bought ones.

 

[BUTCH1]

Not only that but they are in battery cages, they live a shitty life and eat crap and chemicals put into the feed etc.. to help increase production.

All that = poor product for the end user.

A happy Chicken fed well = Great eggs. And chickens are quite entertaining :biggrin:

Nowadays there is quite a selection in eggs from a grocer, "Eggsland's best" is one but there are others, free range eggs, controlled diet eggs, ect. I'd like to have chickens but local zoning forbids it..

 

[lxskllr]

I'd like to have chickens but local zoning forbids it..

Campaign to change the law. There's been a movement across the country getting laws regarding urban farming relaxed. I wouldn't mind having chickens myself, but I'd have a hard time killing them when they quit laying, so it would end up being a pet. Not the worst thing in the world, but that isn't how it's done. I can't kill an animal that's trusted me to care for it over time. Besides, I've grown to dislike chicken. I'll eat the occasional fried bird, but otherwise, I'm not a fan. Hunting's a different story. There's no expectations, or obligations :^D

 

[waggy]

Nowadays there is quite a selection in eggs from a grocer, "Eggsland's best" is one but there are others, free range eggs, controlled diet eggs, ect. I'd like to have chickens but local zoning forbids it..

I have tried Egllands best and cheap walmart brand. both tasted the same.

 

[twinrider1]

When they're done laying eggs, do you eat the dead bird? Or do you raise meat chickens separately? (Ok, I'm guessing there is a better term than meat chicken, but work with me).
Also, what's the minimum reasonable amount of roaming area needed?

My burb doesn't allow them currently. I'd like a few chickens and bee hives.

 

[waggy]

you have diffrent chickens for meat. though i hear of people eating them.

you don't need much room for chickens. a few yards

 

[BladeVenom]

My burb doesn't allow them currently. I'd like a few chickens and bee hives.

Do they allow ducks?

 

[momeNt]

A bunch of sheep sucked into this "go local" or "organic" marketing.

Enjoy your expensive eggs suckers.

6doz for 4$ at sams club, more for me.

 

[lxskllr]

A bunch of sheep sucked into this "go local" or "organic" marketing.

Enjoy your expensive eggs suckers.

6doz for 4$ at sams club, more for me.

Yea, fuck your neighbor. The only thing that matters is the lowest possible price, and that means buying from a large central conglomerate. What could go wrong?

 

[twinrider1]

Do they allow ducks?

No, no farm animals.

 

[BladeVenom]

No, no farm animals.

Too bad. Some places that don't want livestock will allow ducks for a duck pond.

 

[KeithP]

In case anyone is interested...

http://www.backyardchickens.com/

-KeithP

 

[BUTCH1]

I have tried Egllands best and cheap walmart brand. both tasted the same.

I noticed the EB's had a much deeper yellow yolk and seemed bigger...

 

[lxskllr]

I noticed the EB's had a much deeper yellow yolk and seemed bigger...

Cheap eggs have thinner shells. It indicates the chickens are either overproducing, or aren't getting enough nutrients. I don't know if that nutrition extends to the contents, but if nothing else the chickens in small productions should be happier, and that's worth something.

 

[HeXen]

flavor of a medium cooked egg isn't too noticeable to me which is how I eat them. Especially when i'm having bacon, sausage and fried taters with it. I know some people with chickens but I stopped getting from them cause they were always covered in dried up chicken sht and some were quite ugly in terms of color, just not something I like to wake up to hungry on a saturday morning but that's me.

 

[Iron Woode]

When they're done laying eggs, do you eat the dead bird? Or do you raise meat chickens separately? (Ok, I'm guessing there is a better term than meat chicken, but work with me).
Also, what's the minimum reasonable amount of roaming area needed?

My burb doesn't allow them currently. I'd like a few chickens and bee hives.

once the chicken is no longer productive, you might as well slaughter it. Assuming its healthy then it should taste ok.

no chickens allowed here either and I am grateful for that.

we have too many people who don't have the time to keep their property clean or even manage to cut the grass. And they want to raise chickens? I can just imagine the nightmare that would be for neighbours. I bet some of them would be stupid enough to have roosters, too.