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draggar 13-04-2010 21:24

Casa del Mango eggs?
 
Our chickens started laying eggs. With he exception of the quail egg, this is what we've gotten this week:

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...04-13-2010.jpg

To the left is a regular "extra large" egg you'd get at a normal grocery store.

Next to it, higher up, is an egg from our Bantam / (NH or RI?) red chicken mix.

Below that (small brown w/ spots) is from the quail.

The other 4 are from the regular Bantam chickens.

Looks like it'll be a good year for eggs (healthier and cheaper than store bought eggs, too!) :)

13-04-2010 21:36

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Originally Posted by draggar (Bericht 294149)
Looks like it'll be a good year for eggs (healthier and cheaper than store bought eggs, too!) :)

I also heard they taste better! :p I know we've switched to free-range, organic chicken eggs (because the commercial egg/poultry industry is deplorable) and even with that I can taste the difference. I wish I had the passion to raise chickens, they can be such awesome pets, I just don't want to deal with the housing!

draggar 13-04-2010 21:39

I noticed a slight taste difference but we've used the Bantam eggs for baking in the past a lot (cakes, cookie dough, ice cream) and since their yolks are HUGE they can have a big effect on baked goods (positive).

This is also the first year I've had them on a very healthy diet (normally I had them on 25% scratch - which is like feeding children 25% candy), now I have them on high protein and a little bit of scratch (less than 10% now until it is gone). The quail is also on a very high protein diet plus they all get crushed oyster shells for calcium (harder egg shells - fewer "soft" eggs).

yukidomari 14-04-2010 01:06

Quail eggs are yummy.

Hope you share with the dogs! :)


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