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Old 13-04-2010, 21:24   #1
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Default Casa del Mango eggs?

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



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!)
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Old 13-04-2010, 21:36   #2
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Looks like it'll be a good year for eggs (healthier and cheaper than store bought eggs, too!)
I also heard they taste better! 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!
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Old 13-04-2010, 21:39   #3
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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).
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Old 14-04-2010, 01:06   #4
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Quail eggs are yummy.

Hope you share with the dogs!
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