Eggs

Indeed, our chickens lay eggs.  If you want to see how many they have laid, see the nifty calendar at the bottom of the page.  Here are answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about the eggs:

What's with the different colors? 

We have two breeds of chickens.  We have three Rhode Island Reds, which lay brown eggs and are known for laying consistently.  We also have one Aracana, which lays light blueish-greenish eggs.  They're quite pretty. This breed is sometimes called the "Easter Egg" chicken.

What happened during the winter?

Chickens slow down or stop their laying with the decreased daylight hours of the winter.  Of course, this doesn't happen in factory farms, where they just keep the lights cranked up all the time.

How long will they lay?

We're not sure.  There is a wide variance, from about 3 years to one granny  chicken that supposedly continued to lay past its 21th birthday.  Their first year is their most productive, which is why factory farms generally slaughter them after that point.

Isn't all that cholesterol going to kill you?

We don't eat all of them ourselves.  We share many with our friends and neighbors.  However, organic eggs also have much lower levels of cholesterol than others.