having heard about these from Manlin and WvG I went in on the most recent group order. and picked up 24 eggs on Sunday. Breakfast was a cook off!
Tonight or Tuesday we will cook one of the birds.
Costco organic VS. Earth Shine Farm eggs
A huge win for the eggs from
http://www.earthshinefarm.com/
WOW!
Next time, let me know when the group order goes in, and I’ll go in with you.
I LOVE great eggs!
I’m fortunate. There’s a place practically right across the street from the Ponzi winery (which is just over our Urban Grown Boundary but practically in the city of Beaverton) and about a 20-minute drive that sells eggs from their hens for $3.00 per dozen. It’s on the way to wine country, so I always stop and grab a couple dozen from their self-serve, honor system refrigerator. Considering they’re twice as much (and more) at the local farmers markets, I’m glad to have found the place.
Will have access to another 100 birds and 20 to 25 dozen eggs towards the end of August. In fact, I intend to go to the farm to help them process the chickens, so I can see how it is done for myself. You should get in on the next batch as it will be the last batch of chickens for the year (eggs will remain available, but they are difficult to ship). The chickens are pasture raised, organically fed (corn, roasted soy, alfalfa and oats), air-chilled and processed.
As an aside, one of the chickens in the bunch had my name written on the bag, I never found it, so it must have gone to somebody who picked theirs up early. This chicken was hand selected for me and was hand processed and plucked for me by the Earthshine folks, I hope whoever got it, really enjoys it, they thought it would be a really special bird. They thought it was the best quality chicken that they had produced. Kind of like Flannery hand selecting steaks. Let me know if you find it and if you enjoy it…
Scott, I want in on the chicken buying.
I am sure, as a favor to me, they will ship some to you in August, especially if I am down there helping them as free labor…
Will take care of it…
One of the moms from my daughter’s gymnastics team has a small family farm outside of Portland and brought me a dozen fresh eggs. They were incredible. The shells were various shades of pale blue! I made creme brulee, and instead of pale yellow, the custard was almost neon orange.
Mel,
the pictures tell the story. Fresh vs not as fresh.
in the raw state the earthshine farms egg white looks tighter and yolk is sitting higher. Most definately fresh. In the side by side picture both whites seem to spread equally.
The taste may also depend on what they are fed. My rabbi and her partner have a farm and sell their eggs. They are only fed corn. The taste is incredible.
But if you really want an egg orgasm, get a hold of farm-fresh duck eggs. A friend at work brings a few once in a while. Amazing!
Scott
If you don’t mind, I would love to get in on this
don’t mind at all…look for the announcements…
When I was a child we had a chicken farm. Those eggs are from a breed of chicken originating from South America called Aracana.
I know you’re a trained sexologist, Ken, but an egg orgasm is kinda weird, even for you.
Also could be Bantam or “Banty” as their eggs are those colors. We may be talking about the same chicken but I thought Bantys were from England. Doesn’t matter. I remember the same eggs.
JD
That’s pretty wild. I just assumed the shell color was related to their diet, not their breed.
We keep 4 Rhode Island Reds around the farm. Nice plump brown girls that lay brown eggs. They average about 2/day throughout the year. Summer production is better than winter and quantity will tail off with age. But it’s just nice to grab a glass of vino and turn 'em loose to watch them peck bugs from the flower beds. Our fresh aspargus topped with a fresh egg makes for a great meal.
I don’t know for sure; it could be their diet but I didn’t think so. If I remember correctly, my Grandmother got those birds (we also had the “commercial” white chickens, too, along with peacocks and guinea fowl, too) b/c of the colored eggs. This is in the 1970s by the way and I’ve destroyed more than a few brain cells since…
JD
Don’t knock it, if you haven’t tried it!
We used to have an egg ranch nearby and always bought our eggs there. Surprisingly (to me at least) they were open 365 days a year since chickens don’t stop laying when there is a holiday!
We got 6 chickens here last fall (in the chicken house behind my house- so guess who “gets” to take care of them [rolleyes.gif] ), but I was really shocked the first time I broke one open. I couldn’t believe how orange the yolk was. They are very rich tasting, but really, they still taste like eggs.
We got 12 new chicks about 4 months ago. I’m eager to see if any produce the colorful eggs. The ones we get now are brown.