All Organic Eggs

One of the main reasons for building our chicken coop was to have our own fresh “real” organic eggs. This didn’t mean feeding our chickens corn products or other feeds from feed stores. Nope – we made our own chicken meal from scrap produce and day old bread. The chickens were crazy for it!

… and we reaped the rewards of having the freshest, sweetest eggs in the city!

One crack of our eggs and you can tell just in the shell that the eggs were sturdy and not thin, like store bought eggs. Since we also opted to feed our chickens a little bit of chicken shell back in their mix (ground fine of course)  this only bolstered the hardness of the shell by adding more protein into their system.

Making omelets, scrambled eggs and eggs every which way – our families and guests have really tasted the difference. They all claim the eggs are much creamier – maybe its due to no stress egg laying – we’re unsure as we are not scientists or doctors – but we have become really good farmers!

If you are interested in raising your own chickens, and it doesn’t take many – typically only one or two per family (and some people have more dogs and cats than that!), have a look at Dan Kennedy’s book on how to “Make Your Own Chicken Coop.” It was really easy and the videos were fun and inspirational to watch – not to mention educational!