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I went to a local farm shop but they just stocked the more well known free range ones. (Lakes and Happy Eggs).
In fact most of the stuff they sold just seemed to be stuff you could get elsewhere rather than home grown so to speak.
I will have to have a hunt round. I was in Cornwall last year and bought a dozen from a small shop, forget the brand, and they were great.
In fact most of the stuff they sold just seemed to be stuff you could get elsewhere rather than home grown so to speak.
I will have to have a hunt round. I was in Cornwall last year and bought a dozen from a small shop, forget the brand, and they were great.
red_slr said:
I went to a local farm shop but they just stocked the more well known free range ones. (Lakes and Happy Eggs).
In fact most of the stuff they sold just seemed to be stuff you could get elsewhere rather than home grown so to speak.
I will have to have a hunt round. I was in Cornwall last year and bought a dozen from a small shop, forget the brand, and they were great.
You need a proper farm or someone who keeps hens. If your car doesn't come back muddy and the eggs aren't covered in sIn fact most of the stuff they sold just seemed to be stuff you could get elsewhere rather than home grown so to speak.
I will have to have a hunt round. I was in Cornwall last year and bought a dozen from a small shop, forget the brand, and they were great.
t and feathers then they'll just taste of air 
I am not averse to the mud and have a large free range egg farm in spitting distance but I don't rate them either.
I have just found this year its all gone very tasteless dont know if its the weather or perhaps the farms are using cheaper feed due to Brexit I dunno. I will hunt down some from a back yard type place.
I have just found this year its all gone very tasteless dont know if its the weather or perhaps the farms are using cheaper feed due to Brexit I dunno. I will hunt down some from a back yard type place.
red_slr said:
I am not averse to the mud and have a large free range egg farm in spitting distance but I don't rate them either.
I have just found this year its all gone very tasteless dont know if its the weather or perhaps the farms are using cheaper feed due to Brexit I dunno. I will hunt down some from a back yard type place.
I drive about eight miles just to get my eggs but they're definitely worth the effort. If you're not dodging the hens when you're there they're not free range enough I have just found this year its all gone very tasteless dont know if its the weather or perhaps the farms are using cheaper feed due to Brexit I dunno. I will hunt down some from a back yard type place.
We used to keep chickens when I was young - can't beat the taste. But I agree - Clarence Court seem to be the best readily available eggs at the moment.
I used to buy Bluebell Araucana regularly, but Clarence seem better. I remember a young girl on the supermarket checkout doing a double-take and being very confused by a box of blue eggs when she checked them - turns out she wasn't alone?!
https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/5307693/aldi-is-sel...
I used to buy Bluebell Araucana regularly, but Clarence seem better. I remember a young girl on the supermarket checkout doing a double-take and being very confused by a box of blue eggs when she checked them - turns out she wasn't alone?!
https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/5307693/aldi-is-sel...
Beware if you're buying eggs from (for example) farm shops where they are in trays, and make a point of checking the codes stamped on the eggs. From memory 0=organic, 1= free range, 2= barn hens, 3= caged.
A good few years ago I checked eggs that were in trays at a farm shop associated with a garden centre, where you chose your own and put them in boxes. The implication was that they were farm eggs, but they were stamped with code 3.
A good few years ago I checked eggs that were in trays at a farm shop associated with a garden centre, where you chose your own and put them in boxes. The implication was that they were farm eggs, but they were stamped with code 3.
Another for Clarence Court. I prefer the white shelled eggs though.
We used to have 24 hens but haven't kept any for years. Rhode Island Reds, they were prolific layers, fed on a mix of maize, corn, wheat and scraps. In the days when it wasn't illegal to feed your hens kitchen scraps.
As everyone on here knows, home grown eggs are in a completely different class to anything else.
I prefer the white shelled eggs, fewer (protein) "bits" These "bits" become more frequent in older hens.
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