April 09, 2006
We'd like to introduce the Chubby Bunny Egg Share.
We're offering 20 shares of eggs from our hard
working, free range, all organic fed, no drugs hens.
Here's the scoop on our eggs:
Unlike many "free range" hens, our hens are free
ranging on more than just a dirt yard. We move them
every two to three weeks to a new location for a
steady supply of fresh grass and bugs. And between
moves there's a fence move at least three times to
maximize the amount of grass per hen-house move.
In other words, our hens get grass and bugs all the
time (save for the middle of the winter when they're
in the greenhouse.)
Our hens enjoy the sunshine, the exercise, the fresh
air not accorded to their conventional counterparts.
And we feed them well. They receive a free choice
diet of certified organic grain and keljp seaweed.
This ensures not only their health but the health of
their eggs. We consider the eggs medicinal, full of
omega three fatty acids and the like. And no, we dont
feed flax seed. I tried it and they dont want it. I
guess they know what they want, and are getting it
from the bugs and grass.
The color of the yolks reflects the health of the
hens.
But it costs us a great deal to keep these 61 hens and
two roosters well fed, year round. Organic feed is
not cheep. We easily spend 7 bucks a day on feed, and
more in the winter when there's no food around. It
would be a lot easier, timewise and cost wise to lock
them up in cages and feed them conventionally. But,
of course, that's not what we're about, and who'd
really want to eat eggs like that?
But so far, we haven't broke even on our costs, and
feed costs keep going up.
Our eggs are better, we think, than any at the store.
Most organic eggs at the store are only partly free
range. Just look at the yolk color, that tells the
whole story.
Anyway, more later, happy spring!
Your farmers,
Dan, Tracy, and Bea
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