Re: Chicken eggs ??

Posted by DownSouth on August 14, 2009 at 14:03:39 from (64.12.116.74):

In Reply to: Chicken eggs ?? posted by SJ on August 14, 2009 at 11:15:42:

That red yolk means you have a true free range hen laying it. Those are the best, and the most flavorful. Just try to buy some that look like that, you will pay twice the grocery store price for them. Just curious, do you know what breed birds she has? I have some Production Reds that I got from Ideal Poultry, they are a cross between Rhode Island and New Hampshire Reds and lay pretty large brown eggs. Mine too get the run of the place and we get more than we can eat and whatever is left on Sunday goes to church and we never have any to bring home. The people that buy them from us just love them. You will probably get a variety of sizes and colors too as we do as shown in the pictures below.

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Here is a quote from the July 09 Practical Poultry magazine:
"A fresh egg placed in a bowl of water will sink to the bottom and lie on it's side. An older egg will sink and stand up on one end and, if it's really old, it'll float completely. As the air cell increases with age, it affects the buoyancy of the egg, causing it to float. When broken, the yolk of a fresh egg will sit up and the white will appear thick around the yolk. An older egg has a flatter yolk, with a runny , watery white."
And here is the part that will interest most people:
"Did you know the color of the yolk will depend on the hen's diet, and will be the brightest orange if there is a lot of grass meal or maize meal in the feed. Hens that free-range on grass in spring and summer will lay eggs with a darker yolk than when ranging in the winter, when the grass has stopped growing. Some layers mash and pellets will contain a yolk enhancer, such as canthaxathin.
The white string you can see on the yolk is one of two that can be found on either side of the yolk. They are called chalazae, and are designed to hold the yolk in place in the middle of the egg. The yolk is packed full of nutrition and the last thing the chick does before hatching is to absorb it. A newly hatched chick has a little fat belly full of yolk, which provides it with the sustenance it needs for the first 48 hours of life."
Pretty interesting, don't you think?
Finally, "Eggs are one of the few foods to naturally contain Vitamin D and, if you accidentally drop and smash one, cover it in salt, leave it for 10 minutes and you'll find it much easier to clean up afterwards!"

OK, that's your egg lesson for the day.
DS

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