My friend just brought me a batch of fresh eggs, including two laid this very morning. How exciting is that? She said she’s having to hunt all over the yard for the goods, since the hens haven’t quite got the idea of nesting boxes. The eggs are beautiful — blues, greens, browns — almost too pretty to eat. But I’m eager to taste them knowing the girls’ diet included foraged grubs, plus strawberries and apples. And then I’ve got to get over there to pick up some chicken manure.
Seems like micro-scale chicken husbandry is catching on big time around these parts. Skagit Foodshed just got a clutch of hens. Urban Hennery brought home a big box full of new chicks, to give the original three some company and celebrate the move to a country farm. Good stuff. My fellow blogger Stephen hints of coop-building up north, so there should be more from the Alaska front soon.
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June 2, 2008 at 8:55 am
Katrina
As much as I love eating them I have felt a bit guilty cracking one of those gorgeous green shells. I know they’re food but they’re also art. One of the growers at the local market is selling the aracuna, I think that’s right, eggs for a dollar each. They’re organic and truly pastured, of course beautiful. I tried half a dozen for curiosities sake and they were scrumptious but a bit out of my range for a constant staple. Enjoy.
June 2, 2008 at 6:47 pm
audrey
Katrina, interesting to hear that a grower has created a market for easter eggs. My friend’s eggs come from an Amerucana; she says Arucanas also lay green-shelled eggs like you recall. They are indeed wonderful looking, but a buck a piece sounds sort of nuts.
June 6, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Hank
Sorta nuts? Phew, Pretty they are, but they are just eggs. I get my dozen pastured eggs each month (not a huge egg eater) for $4.50.
June 6, 2008 at 9:05 pm
audrey
Yeah, the going price here is $5.50 per dozen for pastured eggs — or barter if you have a good friend.
April 20, 2009 at 11:43 am
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