So anyway, I’ve been getting my eggs from local farms and I must say, they are really, really good.
Are you sure cholesterol is a reliable predictor of heart health. I though it had been debunked, especially the top line number you mention.
Have you ever had your homocysteine checked? I think that's a more reliable test.
...those eggs you were about to have for breakfast become fertilized and little chickens are now in these eggs and we cannot, and should not, be eating those eggs.
I’m on a farm here, no chickens now but we used to have many...and lots of free-range eggs. They have a wonderful taste!
I can eat eggs from the store but they are bland in comparison...and I hate how the poor hens are housed/treated :-/
When we first moved to West Virginia, we lived in a cabin deep in the woods. It was the first time I raised chickens. They laid the best tasting eggs I’ve ever eaten. The yolks were bright orange and some had a dark orange ring where the yolk met the whites. We moved closer to town and although they still free range, the bugs aren’t as plentiful here. I noticed the eggs aren’t as yummy either. Still better than store bought but not that deep orange colored yolks we once had. I’m 50 and have excellent cholesterol numbers too.
Love eggs. The Establishment Medicine bad noise on them is BS. A few sunny side gooey yellow eggs in lots of quality butter like Keri Gold is a very healthy way to start the day.
But avoid the eggs from roosters that eat bugs.
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Used to watch the hens scramble for the yard when I turned them out in the morning. They each wanted to be the first one to get to the molehills that the cats used for litter boxes.
I think it's crazy to eat the eggs whites without the yolks. The yolks are the healthiest part of the egg. That's where the healthy fats are. That's where the Vitamins A, D, B12, Folate are.
In excess of 90% of your blood cholesterol is made by your liver. Diet has at best a 10% impact. It is one of those dirty secrets food nazis including your doctor will not tell you. High cholesterol? Blame your parents.
Free range farm eggs are better though by miles. Nutritionally vastly superior to the caged hen eating a crap diet. I envy your source. Bright and vibrant yolks. Packed with “Brawndo” ;-)
You really should pick up a decent sous vide stick. The things you can do with eggs are astounding from poaching a dozens perfectly to making a divine custard or creme brule with zero oopses I messed up the temps.
https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/the-egg-calculator
You can actually cook an egg with a soft white and hard yolk, not that you would want to.
So don’t get a rooster.
We need more capons anyway.
There is a brand called happy eggs. Hens roam around on 8 acres. The difference in the look of the eggs is striking. I have never seen a yolk like that.
I would love to have free range chickens and the coyotes, hawks and raccoons would love even more for me to do so.
When I was in nursing school in the 60s, my nutrition professor, whose book is the best I’ve ever read stated that females needed 53-55 grams (not mgs) of fat each day to prevent breakdown of the fatty lining that protects nerves and muscles, and helps brain message conduction, etc. while males needed 56-59 gms. At that time the FDA was saying that butter, eggs and other great fats (bacon, etc.) were bad for you...and other such nonsense. This is still ingrained in peoples’ heads to some degree. My cholesterol levels are high but my arteries are clear and the tests always state that my numbers are due to hereditary genetic makeup and not to diet. I’m not worried about my numbers.
They don't have little chickens in them unless incubated or a hen sits on them. Perfectly safe to eat.
I've got one hen left. Hawks got the rest but she's a survivor. I quit feeding her months ago when she became the last one, assuming she'd be gone soon. Still here and still laying an egg every days without being fed one bit of commercial feed. She only eats what she can forage for. I need to get some fertilized eggs from the neighbor and lock her in the coop because she does have a tendency to go broody and will set on a half a dozen eggs or more.
Roosters tend to protect the hens which is why it's good to have one.
While I like to raise chickens and under other circumstances, I’d have a very small flock, it’s been my experience that raising chickens for eggs isn’t cost effective . Not when I can gets eggs at a local gas station for $1.00 a dozen or $1.85 at a nearby Dollar General.
Having said that, I would have a few birds again if I could but I’d look at it as a hobby. A hobby I was willing to put time and effort into with the side benefit of getting eggs.
This is different than having a large garden and small orchard which supplies me and my wife with a large quantity of food, saves us money and as I enjoy working it, has the side benefit of being an enjoyable pastime.
I eat nothing but Vital Farms pastured, organic eggs.
144 sq ft of pasture per hen, rotated weekly.
Crazy expensive.
I would raise my own if I had the space and it was allowed.