You really shouldn't believe me when I say that we're not going to buy anymore animals...
We were feeling kind of bummed after the loss of one of our laying hens, so we tracked down a woman who wanted to sell some. On Wednesday, Oliver and I drove out near Wolfville and bought five of her birds. They are conventional, standard laying hens that you can buy pretty easily around here, so it'll be interesting to see how their eggs compare to the eggs from our heritage chickens. I have no idea if there will be a significant difference if they are fed the same food, but right now, the eggshells are pretty weak and sometimes have odd dents in them. The egg yolks from the new chickens are slightly larger and a little paler than from the heritage birds, and the whites are runnier. The new chickens were also on conventional feed. I hope the eggs will improve on organic feed and greens.
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