FARM FRESH CHICKEN EGGS
Large $6.00 dozen
Medium $5.00 dozen
CA SEFS CDFA #CA-9676
It is our goal to provide you with the freshest, healthiest most natural egg we can. We hand gather, inspect, grade, weighed, packed and ready for sale within hours of being laid.
OUR BIRDS
Rhode Island Red
Brown Egg Layer
Buff Orpington
Tan Egg Layer
White Leghorn
White Egg Layer
Amber Star
Brown Egg Layer
Black Minorica
White Egg Layer
Blue Whiting
Blue Egg Layer
Green Whiting
Olive Green Egg Layer
Ameraucana
Blue Egg Layer
Coming This Spring
Cuckoo Maran
Cuckoo Maran Eggs
HOW TO WASH
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Using very warm water wash one egg at a time (don’t soak)
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Gently scrub any stubborn dirt
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Consume or refrigerate
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DEFINITE NO NO’S
A few things that you definitely don’t want to do when you wash your eggs.
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DON’T wash in cold water
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DON’T soak your eggs in water, the water washes the bloom off and opens the egg up to bacteria.
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DON’T wash your eggs with soap, or bleach. Because the eggs are porous those can also be sucked into the egg.
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DON’T allow your eggs to stay wet. If you wash them ahead of time (which I don’t recommend) at the very least dry them off thoroughly before placing them back in their carton. Water + Pourous eggs = bacteria able to soak in.
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THE BLOOM
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Egg shells are made up of mostly calcium carbonate crystals. This means that even though eggs look solid they can actually have as many as 8,000 pores in them. Those pores are perfect for allowing bacteria inside.
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The good news is, right before an egg is laid, the chicken coats the egg with a protective coating called the “bloom”. (Fun fact: the bloom is also where the majority of the egg color comes from.)
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The bloom helps keep bacteria, moisture, and gases out of the egg. It also keeps the egg fresher longer and unwashed eggs with the bloom still intact are able to sit out on the counter for several weeks without going bad. (That’s how they do it in Europe!)
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The bloom can easily be washed off with water, and once it has been, the egg is no longer protected from bacteria, moisture, and gases because the pores have been exposed.
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