I found a place selling local fresh eggs!!!

[alphafemale]

Just passed it the other day. A sign out in the driveway $1.50 a dozen.

Haven't stopped yet but I intend to go there this weekend.

I'm guessing these chickens will be near-pets and even better treated than the "so-called" cage free/free range chicken eggs I have been buying.

It's a small thing but I'm happy about it.

Every more dollar I can spend locally I am happy about, actually.

[Parche]

1. Eggselent News

Eggsactly what you want to hear this weekend, and that is no yoke......:woohoo: :hi:

[MJW]

2. cool!

my daughter in law brings me fresh farm eggs , but we pay $2 a dozen . They are wondeful . I love eggs fried, poached, scrambled, omeleted ,boiled ,and salad I LOVE EGGS

[alphafemale]

7. I'm just glad to find a place local with fresh eggs.

This is great. :woohoo:

[MJW]

9. I try!

I try to use as much local produce as possible It just makes sense . A lot of people around here have gardens , and blueberry ,asparagus and strawbery fields are easy to find.

store eggs just do NOT taste right:hi:

Have you read the Barbara Kingsolver book about eating "local" for a year? I can't remember the title and I have hundreds of books and I don't know where it's at LOL---but that is anther post for another day :hippie:

[Rhythm]

3. The main supplier to the local grocery stores is a locally owned/operated business

I feel pretty good about that. Their prices are good, and it's keeping the money in the local economy.

[Kali]

4. good price too!

[alphafemale]

5. No kidding. I've been paying well over $2.50 for cagefree/free range at the store.

And I really doubt the label at times.

[hippywife]

6. Yaaaa!

Nothing like farm fresh eggs. We've been buying them for $1/dz. from a co-worker of my husband. They are so delicious with their vivid orange yokes. That's how you tell if they're really free range eggs.

Our girls are just starting to lay! :woohoo:

Enjoy your find! :hi:

[malta blue]

8. that's great!

I had been getting the "eggland's best" eggs and they are up to $3.50 a dozen. When our local farmstand opened in May, I noticed they had local eggs for $1.50 - local and cheap :bounce:

[Zoigal]

10. Lucky you

Fresh, local eggs are the best. What a difference from those that one
buys in the stores. A neighbor has a half dozen or so hens and he gives us eggs.
We often hear the happy chickens singing and cackling. Probably against the ordinances where we
live, but so far no one has complained. z

[Patiod]

11. could be hallucinating

but I think they taste better. My suburban friend raised designer chickens (don't ask) and she would give them to us.
The yolks were yellower, too, which was odd (shells were all different - white, tan, brown, blue and green)

Unfortunately, she got bitten by a fox who was hiding underneath the hen house, so that was it for her chicken experiment. It's tough to be a VP at a big international company and have to miss meeting because you're heading to the hospital for your series of tetanus shots.

[Speck Tater]

12. Got you beat. I found a hen LAYING local fresh eggs.

In my backyard.

With free delivery no less.

[alphafemale]

13. I really hate posting this UPDATE

I went by there today.

They were having a garage sale. Selling most of their furniture. They'd already sold all the chickens. They are losing their house. :cry:

I swear that sign was there just a week ago.

[spinbaby]

14. That's so sad

A good place to find fresh eggs in our area is at feed stores. Often they have a little sideline selling surplus eggs the local farms drop off. It's kind of hit and miss--sometimes there are eggs and sometimes there aren't--but it's well worth stopping by regularly.