Pasture-Raised Eggs
Our eggs come from pasture-raised chickens who consume organic feed and whatever else they find foraging around our yard at 1450ft above sea level in the Catskill Mountains.
Our egg boxes have a QR code (which is probably brought you here) :) Since we are not currently selling our eggs, we leave the bloom on so they don’t need to be refrigerated for a few weeks.
Our Birds
We have a mix of Lavender Orpingtons, Lavender Ameracaunas, and Barred Rocks. We selected these breeds for their cold-hardiness and friendly disposition (since we knew our little dude would be excited to play with them).
We started raising them in April of 2020 as a way of providing some of our own food as well as a fun home activity during quarantine. The first batch of Lavender Orpington chicks arrived via the USPS from Ohio at 1 day old.
For the most part our chickens are named after beer or hops (except for Flamingo who was the very first chick we named because she had a pink beak).
When we ordered the chickens, we ordered them “sexed” which means they send only females (with about 90% accuracy). Out of all 16 of our chickens, we have 2 roosters–Wee Heavy and Admiral–who protect their flocks and eat more than their share of snacks.
Flamingo and her pink beak.
Our youngest human on the team has helped them grow from little peeps.
Weiss and Juice Bomb, foraging in the yard.
Simcoe, a Barred Rock, in her nesting box.
Wee Heavy showing off as usual.
Egg Sizes
Egg size is related to the breed and maturity of the chicken who laid it. We have two different ages of birds and 3 different breeds, so our eggs have a variety of both size and color.
Our Ameracauna, Barred Rock, and Orpington eggs.
This is one of the first little eggs from one of our Lavender Ameracaunas.
Egg Colors
The color of the egg corresponds to the breed of chicken. Below are photos of the eggs and which kind of chicken they came from.
