Decent eggs

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red_slr

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17,122 posts

188 months

Thursday 12th December 2019
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Anyone found decent eggs recently? We eat maybe 12 a week and the last year I swear they all dropped off flavour wise.

I have tried free range and organic from all the major supermarkets.

Also tried Burford Browns, Happy Eggs and Lakes.

All just seem to taste of nothing.



Turn7

23,499 posts

220 months

Thursday 12th December 2019
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......Supermarkets.....


Thats your problem right there..

Find a farm or local that sells them, waay better as not commercially produced.


If you have the space, 4 hens would keep you in fresh eggs every day......

The_Doc

4,855 posts

219 months

Thursday 12th December 2019
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My local hardware store always has about 20-30 on the counter for sale.
£1 for six, always full of flavour.
The local pub also doubles up as a Post Office counter on Tuesday mornings.

Hint, hint. Get out of the city and back to the land. It's much tastier. smile

red_slr

Original Poster:

17,122 posts

188 months

Thursday 12th December 2019
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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.


foxsasha

1,416 posts

134 months

Thursday 12th December 2019
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Clarence Court from Sainsburys. We've tried all the supermarket eggs, organic, free range. Clarence Court are head and shoulders superior to all others sold by the big retailers.

red_slr

Original Poster:

17,122 posts

188 months

Thursday 12th December 2019
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That's what we are on at the moment, as you say they seem to be the best.

NorthDave

2,355 posts

231 months

Friday 13th December 2019
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I often pick some up from either my local fish mongers or butchers. Both seem to sell small production types of eggs. Might be worth a go?

WinstonWolf

72,857 posts

238 months

Friday 13th December 2019
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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 st and feathers then they'll just taste of air biggrin

Sheets Tabuer

18,895 posts

214 months

Friday 13th December 2019
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I get mine off Dave in the pub, threw in a pheasant last week because I've bought off him all year which was nice.

I know thats no help hehe

red_slr

Original Poster:

17,122 posts

188 months

Friday 13th December 2019
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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.

WinstonWolf

72,857 posts

238 months

Friday 13th December 2019
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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 hehe

timmymagic73

374 posts

111 months

Friday 13th December 2019
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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?! wobble

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Mort7

1,487 posts

107 months

Friday 13th December 2019
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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.

WinstonWolf

72,857 posts

238 months

Friday 13th December 2019
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At my farm the free range ones aren't stamped, they're sometimes warm though smile

blueg33

35,574 posts

223 months

Friday 13th December 2019
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I find these tasty


irocfan

40,152 posts

189 months

Friday 13th December 2019
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try duck eggs

JeremyH5

1,569 posts

134 months

Friday 13th December 2019
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irocfan said:
try duck eggs
Agree, they’re fabulous!

ChrisnChris

1,423 posts

221 months

Friday 13th December 2019
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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.

davidc1

1,544 posts

161 months

Friday 13th December 2019
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Clarence court for me from waitrose. Check me !

Bill

52,472 posts

254 months

Friday 13th December 2019
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Sheets Tabuer said:
I get mine off Dave in the pub, threw in a pheasant last week because I've bought off him all year which was nice.

I know thats no help hehe
biggrin

My neighbour has just brought ours round, it's almost like she knew about this thread.