Comments on: How to Store & Wash Fresh Eggs: Best Practices for Backyard Chicken Eggs https://homesteadandchill.com/store-fresh-eggs/ Organic Gardening | Real Food | Natural Health | Good Vibes Mon, 28 Aug 2023 22:46:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 By: Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat) https://homesteadandchill.com/store-fresh-eggs/comment-page-3/#comment-2136394 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 15:06:05 +0000 https://homesteadandchill.com/?p=1020630#comment-2136394 In reply to Darlene Southwick.

Hi Darlene, great to hear you are able to have chickens in your life once again, they can be quite entertaining!

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By: Darlene Southwick https://homesteadandchill.com/store-fresh-eggs/comment-page-3/#comment-2136387 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 00:40:52 +0000 https://homesteadandchill.com/?p=1020630#comment-2136387 This was an awesome article. I have been around chickens for most of my childhood. My Mother raised chickens for eggs and meat. She bartered with the neighbors. I have 4 ladies now, and they are a delight. There was one thing I never noticed growing up was to put the pointy end down in the cartons. I guess we are never too old to learn. Thank you.

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By: Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat) https://homesteadandchill.com/store-fresh-eggs/comment-page-3/#comment-2133540 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 16:52:00 +0000 https://homesteadandchill.com/?p=1020630#comment-2133540 In reply to Jen.

Hi Jen, we feed our chickens Scratch and Peck Naturally Free Layer feed which is organic but the price on a 40# bag has gone up over the past 6 months or so and my guess is likely at least twice the price of your neighbors current feed. If you have a feed store nearby, they may carry it as well so it’s worth checking out, we like that the feed is mostly just whole grains and peas mixed with a few different meals compared to feed made of pellets which our chickens didn’t seem to enjoy nearly as much. Hope that helps and good luck!

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By: Jen https://homesteadandchill.com/store-fresh-eggs/comment-page-3/#comment-2133533 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 16:05:26 +0000 https://homesteadandchill.com/?p=1020630#comment-2133533 In reply to Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat).

Yes! It does! I trade my not so perfect garden green leaves for some of their eggs & horse manure. I can see & taste a difference between theirs & the pasture raised eggs I buy in the store. The neighbors feed their chickens feed plaus they eat some of the overgrown weeks in their coop (pretty sure it’s not always organic feed unfortunately-trying to consider sharing the costs with them). We both have more than enough acres (8 acres each) & I wish they’d expand their run onto fresh grass. They also feed them alot of fruit scraps which makes their eggs sweeter (not really a fan).

Any recommendations on organic feed? They seem to go through about 40# of feed a month which seems rediculous for 5 or 6 chickens. But I have no idea. It’s cheaper to buy eggs at the store I’d think. I pay $8/18 in WI.

Right now we travel too much to consider getting chickens here.

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By: Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat) https://homesteadandchill.com/store-fresh-eggs/comment-page-3/#comment-2133531 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 15:34:51 +0000 https://homesteadandchill.com/?p=1020630#comment-2133531 In reply to Jen.

Hi Jen, 3 days is no time at all for the eggs being in the nest boxes (even in the warmer weather you are experiencing), I would assume your neighbors cleaned out the nest boxes of eggs before they left, but even if they hadn’t, eggs being in the nest box for a week or longer should still be fine to consume. Hope that helps and good luck!

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By: Jen https://homesteadandchill.com/store-fresh-eggs/comment-page-3/#comment-2133526 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 15:04:00 +0000 https://homesteadandchill.com/?p=1020630#comment-2133526 Have a question, I’m checking on a neighbors flock & they aren’t the best with routine (actually terrible!) so I’m not sure if these eggs are super old (neighbors have been gone for 3 days) or if these are fresh. In WI we’ve had upper 80s/low 90s for a few days so I don’t want to risk getting sick from eating if they have been baking in their nest.

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By: Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat) https://homesteadandchill.com/store-fresh-eggs/comment-page-3/#comment-2112940 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 14:41:10 +0000 https://homesteadandchill.com/?p=1020630#comment-2112940 In reply to Angela.

That’s a great idea Angela, thanks for sharing!

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By: Angela https://homesteadandchill.com/store-fresh-eggs/comment-page-3/#comment-2112924 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 03:26:58 +0000 https://homesteadandchill.com/?p=1020630#comment-2112924 In reply to Aaron (Mr. DeannaCat).

I wrote the date I collect the egg ON the egg with a pencil. Keeps me from guessing. It’s also helpful for anyone I sell my eggs to. They’ve always highly appreciated it.

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