Comments on: Why We Should All Have Chicks http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/09/why-we-should-all-have-chicks.html simplicity, creativity, self-sufficiency,...minivans Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:24:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Angela http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/09/why-we-should-all-have-chicks.html/comment-page-1#comment-5883 Angela Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:52:19 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1776#comment-5883 I finally got my first egg! http://hippieingeeksclothing.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/my-first-egg/ I finally got my first egg! http://hippieingeeksclothing.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/my-first-egg/

]]> By: Rosie http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/09/why-we-should-all-have-chicks.html/comment-page-1#comment-3286 Rosie Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:12:46 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1776#comment-3286 Just spotted this post as a search your archives and all I can say is 'I agree'. We get eggs from my husband's parents farm and them alone has made chickens the top of the list for our farm!! Just spotted this post as a search your archives and all I can say is ‘I agree’. We get eggs from my husband’s parents farm and them alone has made chickens the top of the list for our farm!!

]]> By: Handful http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/09/why-we-should-all-have-chicks.html/comment-page-1#comment-2361 Handful Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:06:45 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1776#comment-2361 Yes - definately "eggier"! The color contrast is incredible! I grew up with farm eggs and fresh milk too-you know-the kind where it comes in a glass gallon jar so you can see the 3" of cream on top? Best ice cream EVER! Unfortunately my dogs would rather have the chicken... so... I don't have chickens now. :( But we did score a couple dozen eggs last week and man are they good! I use store bought eggs for recipes and save the "homemade" eggs to eat plain! Making another batch of your tabasco sauce... a HUGE batch! Just sent SO to store for a couple gallons of vinegar and more garlic! Was a huge hit and plan on canning for gifts. I did post the hot wing sauce recipe on your tabasco page - had it last night on grilled wings and it was great! And truly homemade thanks to your recipe! And I did fine more tomato ideas - both red and green preserves and green tomato pickles and relish! Tomorrow's project... After I can about 3 gallons of pepper sauce ;) Yes – definately “eggier”! The color contrast is incredible! I grew up with farm eggs and fresh milk too-you know-the kind where it comes in a glass gallon jar so you can see the 3″ of cream on top? Best ice cream EVER!

Unfortunately my dogs would rather have the chicken… so…

I don’t have chickens now. :(

But we did score a couple dozen eggs last week and man are they good! I use store bought eggs for recipes and save the “homemade” eggs to eat plain!

Making another batch of your tabasco sauce… a HUGE batch! Just sent SO to store for a couple gallons of vinegar and more garlic! Was a huge hit and plan on canning for gifts.

I did post the hot wing sauce recipe on your tabasco page – had it last night on grilled wings and it was great! And truly homemade thanks to your recipe!

And I did fine more tomato ideas – both red and green preserves and green tomato pickles and relish! Tomorrow’s project…

After I can about 3 gallons of pepper sauce ;)

]]> By: molly http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/09/why-we-should-all-have-chicks.html/comment-page-1#comment-2357 molly Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:45:05 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1776#comment-2357 Love our chooks! The eggs are far better than you can ever find on some supermarket shelf! Love our chooks! The eggs are far better than you can ever find on some supermarket shelf!

]]> By: Angela http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/09/why-we-should-all-have-chicks.html/comment-page-1#comment-2298 Angela Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:20:40 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1776#comment-2298 My city just changed the ordinance to allow chickens in town so we got our first four girls (I hope, since we can't keep roosters) last Saturday. But, I have been getting my eggs from my "egg lady" for over a year and a half. She even delivers! Can't wait 'til I get my own though. I posted pics of the girls after they came home: http://hippieingeeksclothing.wordpress.com/ My city just changed the ordinance to allow chickens in town so we got our first four girls (I hope, since we can’t keep roosters) last Saturday. But, I have been getting my eggs from my “egg lady” for over a year and a half. She even delivers! Can’t wait ’til I get my own though. I posted pics of the girls after they came home: http://hippieingeeksclothing.wordpress.com/

]]> By: Ivory Soap http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/09/why-we-should-all-have-chicks.html/comment-page-1#comment-2283 Ivory Soap Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:38:21 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1776#comment-2283 @Sarah--eggier, HA! Have you had much organic produce? Once you've eaten organic carrots for a month, when you get a hold of some conventional ones, they taste diluted. It's one of those things you notice in reverse. We eat so many eggs here that I still have to buy eggs at Aldi, so we often use the backyard eggs to "flavor" the store-bought. @Sarah–eggier, HA! Have you had much organic produce? Once you’ve eaten organic carrots for a month, when you get a hold of some conventional ones, they taste diluted. It’s one of those things you notice in reverse. We eat so many eggs here that I still have to buy eggs at Aldi, so we often use the backyard eggs to “flavor” the store-bought.

]]> By: Sarah http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/09/why-we-should-all-have-chicks.html/comment-page-1#comment-2280 Sarah Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:03:19 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1776#comment-2280 Huh... I have only had grocery store eggs and they taste eggy, so I can't imagine how else they are supposed to taste. I have heard that fresh milk from a local dairy tastes, "way better than store milk, like grass" which sounds like an oxymoron to me. I don't want my milk to taste like grass. And a warm egg might freak me out. And I am dying of curiosity about a chicken laying an egg. I had a parakeet who died right after laying an egg, she was about 12 years old, and I just can't stop thinking that it should be as tramatic as giving birth. What a city girl. Huh… I have only had grocery store eggs and they taste eggy, so I can’t imagine how else they are supposed to taste. I have heard that fresh milk from a local dairy tastes, “way better than store milk, like grass” which sounds like an oxymoron to me. I don’t want my milk to taste like grass. And a warm egg might freak me out. And I am dying of curiosity about a chicken laying an egg. I had a parakeet who died right after laying an egg, she was about 12 years old, and I just can’t stop thinking that it should be as tramatic as giving birth.
What a city girl.

]]> By: renee http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/09/why-we-should-all-have-chicks.html/comment-page-1#comment-2277 renee Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:12:03 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1776#comment-2277 i have chickens and LOVE!!!!!! my fresh,bright orange yolks! tha store bought ones are so pale they ae almost clear. UGH!!!!!!!! i have chickens and LOVE!!!!!! my fresh,bright orange yolks! tha store bought ones are so pale they ae almost clear. UGH!!!!!!!!

]]> By: jan http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/09/why-we-should-all-have-chicks.html/comment-page-1#comment-2276 jan Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:38:46 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1776#comment-2276 I can't have chickens in the city limits....even with a nice big yard that has a privacy fence. Thank goodness for the local farmers market. I buy at least a dozen farm eggs each week. There is no comparison to the store bought ones. I can’t have chickens in the city limits….even with a nice big yard that has a privacy fence. Thank goodness for the local farmers market. I buy at least a dozen farm eggs each week. There is no comparison to the store bought ones.

]]> By: JavaLady http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/09/why-we-should-all-have-chicks.html/comment-page-1#comment-2274 JavaLady Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:27:03 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1776#comment-2274 The one on the RIGHT is the pale, flavorless, paltry substitute for the RICH, deeply colored, deliciously flavored and tasty FARM FRESH EGG on the LEFT. ... there ya go ! Oh hey, I have to share this with ya'all !! I've been getting eggs pretty regularly, 3 or more per day from my 5 hens. But today, I got the very first one out of the coop that was STILL WARM !! That was an awesome feeling !! I took it in and had all the kids hold it and feel the warmth from that egg. We all grinned and grinned. Ya gotta love that !! And ya can not get that from a cold, refrigerated, store-bought egg. No ma'aam ya cain't !! Chickens ROCK !! The one on the RIGHT is the pale, flavorless, paltry substitute for the RICH, deeply colored, deliciously flavored and tasty FARM FRESH EGG on the LEFT. … there ya go !
Oh hey, I have to share this with ya’all !! I’ve been getting eggs pretty regularly, 3 or more per day from my 5 hens. But today, I got the very first one out of the coop that was STILL WARM !! That was an awesome feeling !! I took it in and had all the kids hold it and feel the warmth from that egg. We all grinned and grinned. Ya gotta love that !! And ya can not get that from a cold, refrigerated, store-bought egg. No ma’aam ya cain’t !! Chickens ROCK !!

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