Eggs

Now that two of our chickens are laying we are experiencing the difference between store bought eggs and fresh ones.  The first difference is, of course where you get them.  In our first 4 eggs one was laid outside in the snow, it froze and was unusable. 

 

The opposite side of the spectrum when Peter went out the next day and opened the coop Saphera was sitting inside.  Instead of running away as she usually does she squawked as if to say excuse me wait a moment.  Lesson learned, you must wait for the chicken to be out of the laying box before you attempt to gather eggs.

Our eggs are only slightly smaller than store bought large eggs (the egg on the left is from the store).

There are more differences of course.  For one, the eggs are much more sturdy.  I usually crack the eggs with one hand however these require much more force.   Also, as you can see in the photo below the egg yokes are much brighter, and take up much more of the egg itself (though this may be because they are small for now).  They also did not mix fully as other eggs do. 

 

 

In the end I thought they might taste a bit more eggy, however we are not sure.  We will have to have people over to do a better blind taste test and we will post the results.