It is the time of year when people are baking - pies, breads, cakes and COOKIES!!! Eggs are a vital ingredient for these great recipes.
I am selling fresh eggs for $4 a dozen. And I mean fresh. I collect eggs 3 times a day, and they are immediately placed safely in a recycled paper egg carton. The Hens of Argghhh, have the run of the nearly 80 acre fram, and are not given any hormones or antibiotics. These are pure, beautiful, yummy eggs.
Did you know that most eggs you buy in the store are at least 3 to 4 weeks old? Did you know that they come from factory egg farms, where the chickens never get to see the light of day are are feather to feather, forced to lay until their short life is over?
Shouldn't you consider paying a bit more for lovely eggs from local, happy hens? My hens have names. They know me. They run to me when they see me because they know I'm there to protect them, feed them and make thier lives as happy as a chicken's life can be!
Make your baked goods the best they can be with fresh eggs from the Farm at Castle Argghhh!!!!
If you are interested, leave a comment, and I'll get with you asap.
I am selling fresh eggs for $4 a dozen. And I mean fresh. I collect eggs 3 times a day, and they are immediately placed safely in a recycled paper egg carton. The Hens of Argghhh, have the run of the nearly 80 acre fram, and are not given any hormones or antibiotics. These are pure, beautiful, yummy eggs.
Did you know that most eggs you buy in the store are at least 3 to 4 weeks old? Did you know that they come from factory egg farms, where the chickens never get to see the light of day are are feather to feather, forced to lay until their short life is over?
Shouldn't you consider paying a bit more for lovely eggs from local, happy hens? My hens have names. They know me. They run to me when they see me because they know I'm there to protect them, feed them and make thier lives as happy as a chicken's life can be!
Make your baked goods the best they can be with fresh eggs from the Farm at Castle Argghhh!!!!
If you are interested, leave a comment, and I'll get with you asap.
I’d love some, any chance you could move a little closer? :)
Here I can buy local, and know that the chooks are free range, but we have no idea if they are antibiotic free. I do know that the yolks of the eggs we get from the grower’s markets are so much deeper in colour, not an insipid pale yellow like from the big supermarket chains.
That would be a heckuva move, Amanda! LOL! I would dearly love to see Australia someday, though. And New Zealand
On the days that you don’t sell all your eggs, what do you do with them?
Is there any way of making a useful reduction of eggs that will keep without refrigeration, chemicals or freezing?
The powdered eggs I have used are horrible, and loaded with preservatives as well.
I’m with Amanda; I need you closer! LOL! Love fresh eggs!
Riverdog - any I don’t sell at my price, I take to the feed store and sell them for a lesser price - normally just exchange them for feed - he only sells them for $2.00 and admittedly, he gives me $2.00, but they are much better than that - he does it for his customers who want cheap fresh eggs. I’ve been trying to convince him to raise the price.
Bah.
We always by the cage-free eggs at the store, for several reasons.
1) It’s better for the chickens. Ok, it’s not many karma points but I’ll take all I can get. ;)
2) It’s better for us - as Beth alluded, the reason you’re not supposed to get within 15’ of a raw egg without proper protective gear these days is that salmonella is endemic to the factory farms. Operations like hers, however…
3) It’s better for us - free ranging chickens eat a much healthier diet than the factory hens.
4) It’s easier - with the ‘regular’ eggs you have to sort through multiple cartons to find enough ‘good’ eggs. With the cage free eggs every egg was picked up by someone, hauled around (hopefully in a basket ;)) and put in the carton. You still need to check in case this carton got dropped along the way but a quick check is all that’s needed.
Beth: check with the grocery stores in your area - the HenHouse chain makes a point of carrying local produce. The eggs we buy when we go there are part of that program. Also check with some of the upscale eateries. Your only problem in both cases might be a need for more hens.
Your only problem in both cases might be a need for more hens.
Like I can move around without stepping in chik’n poop now!
Perhaps if you went outside….
BTW, any chance of getting paragraph breaks picked up without using HTML to get them? (assuming that works)
KC Steve - not sure what you mean about the paragraph breaks.
One of the things I miss about living in Eastern Penna., was the easy availability for fresh produce. I thought that living in Northern Tijuana would give me bountiful opportunity for good farm produce, but nah. These holier-than-thou Southern Californians don’t know any better.
And don’t get me started about the exhorbitant prices and paltry selection found in this state. Can’t find good veal chops out here, and if you do, it’s $25 a pound. Out in Penna.: $8.99 for the same cut.
I miss going up the road for fresh eggs, raw milk, or local honey; all straight from the farmer. For the eggs, as well as for vegetables, you would pull over to the stand. Most often than not, the stand would be left unattended. The produce would have their respective prices, and after bagging it your self, you would just plink-in the total sum into a collection box.
There’s something to be said about those Mennonite farmers.
Beth
I’ll use my previous entry to demonstrate. I typed it with blank lines between the paragraphs but when it posted I see it as being just one big line.
This time I’ll use the HTML ‘p’ (paragraph) tag to indicate the breaks. Most comment boxes automatically convert the line returns in the input into paragraph tags but this one doesn’t seem to.
We always by the cage-free eggs at the store, for several reasons.
1) It’s better for the chickens. Ok, it’s not many karma points but I’ll take all I can get. ;)
2) It’s better for us - as Beth alluded, the reason you’re not supposed to get within 15’ of a raw egg without proper protective gear these days is that salmonella is endemic to the factory farms. Operations like hers, however…
3) It’s better for us - free ranging chickens eat a much healthier diet than the factory hens.
4) It’s easier - with the ‘regular’ eggs you have to sort through multiple cartons to find enough ‘good’ eggs. With the cage free eggs every egg was picked up by someone, hauled around (hopefully in a basket ;)) and put in the carton. You still need to check in case this carton got dropped along the way but a quick check is all that’s needed.
Beth: check with the grocery stores in your area - the HenHouse chain makes a point of carrying local produce. The eggs we buy when we go there are part of that program. Also check with some of the upscale eateries. Your only problem in both cases might be a need for more hens.
That should read a lot better. :)
KCSteve - I see what you mean. I’ll have to check with my blog techy guru and see what needs to be fixed!