Fresh Eggs for Sale

When we embarked on this adventure two years ago, we knew that we'd have too many eggs to eat ourselves. So we shared them with friends, family and our fellow church members. Over the last year, the number of chickens we have has increased, which in turns means that the feed costs have increased. As of April 2009, we began charging $1.50 for a dozen eggs to cover some of these feed costs. If you are interested in buying eggs, please let us know!

Delicious and Healthful Eggs

Our eggs are superior to store-bought eggs not only in taste but also in nutrients. Since our chickens are free-range or pasture-raised, meaning they have access to the outdoors, they are healthier and happier than caged chickens. Our eggs have a darker, thicker, more orange-colored yolk. That's because they contain extra beta carotene from eating grass. "Foraging hens eat up to 30% fresh clover and greens, a diet which yields powerhouse eggs. Compared with cage-raised eggs, free-range eggs have 10% less fat, 40% more vitamin A and—get this—400 times the omega-3 fatty acids, one of the fats essential for good health." ("Simply in Season" cookbook, page 120)

Another benefit to eating eggs is that they "contain lutein and zeaxanthin, carotenoid compounds that mounting research links with reduced risk for age-related macular degeneration."(Eating Well Magazine, March/April 2007) Citing a study done by Adam Wenzel, Ph.D., and the American Egg Board, they also write that "eating an egg a day isn't a factor in raising cholesterol."

People who have tasted our eggs tell us that they are fluffier and more flavorful than store-bought eggs. We have many regulars who say they don't want to go back to store-bought after eating our eggs. A side bonus is enjoying all the colors of the eggs—different shades of brown, and even a few blue eggs laid by our Americauna chickens!

Just to be clear, our eggs are not officially organic because we haven't been able to find organic feed for them. Our grass isn't technically organic either, although we don't use any chemicals on the chicken's pasture. We would never use any antibiotics or hormones on them, and have never even had a sick bird that needed to quarantined. So all in all, healthy birds lay healthy eggs!

We collect the eggs from the coop every day.

Our special label so you know when the eggs were laid.

The chickens enjoying a beautiful spring day in April 2009.