[nutterly_uts]

Just had a dippy egg and soldiers from commerically bought eggs. (We usually get ours from a local farm but even then they are a commerical flock)

What a disappointment. The shells just crumbled so near impossible to scoop out the white properly 

Times like this I wish I had my own chickens

[Roxy]

Only getting. an egg a day from mine.   I just cannot face eating any shop bought egg,  and do without when mine stop laying

[Bionic]

I'm not getting any eggs from mine so have resorted to the supermarket but I can't say i like these anaemic looking eggs   

[Marches Farmer]

Also bear in mind that by the time they've been collected by the supplier, washed, graded, packed, sent to a central distribution centre and then out again to the supermarket your eggs could be pretty old by the time they get on the shelf.

[john and helen]

we are still getting 20 a day, now the leg bars have started laying too, so we now have green shelled eggs…the locals seem to like the odd colours

[nutterly_uts]

Also bear in mind that by the time they've been collected by the supplier, washed, graded, packed, sent to a central distribution centre and then out again to the supermarket your eggs could be pretty old by the time they get on the shelf.

Thats exactly why we avoid supermarket eggs. Thankfully being a small island, even using the commerical flocks does mean they don't take long to get from farm to us even if they aren't quite backyard grown and loved

[ellied]

I'm getting 4-7 from my 16 girls, primarily from the ones that just started laying a couple months back.  The rest have moulted more or less but still pale combed and I'm in no hurry to get a dozen a day til my customers are back to normal buying habits.

[Rosemary]

My 2015 hatch birds are laying OK but the 2014 ones are awful. Thinking about lighting the second year birds next year.

[devonlady]

Only getting. an egg a day from mine.   I just cannot face eating any shop bought egg,  and do without when mine stop laying

Us too!!

[waterbuffalofarmer]

I buy mine from local producers, which are sold in my local wholefood shop, the shells are usually pretty good. I did buy some from the supermarket a while back, but one of them i cracked open and it was off, not a good sign!

[Lesley Silvester]

When my son was wee, he called fried eggs flat eggs and scrambled eggs were yellow eggs. In winter when our hens weren't laying and I had had to resort to supermarket eggs, he asked for 'yellow eggs' for lunch. as I put the scrambled eggs in front of him, he looked aghast and said, "They're not yellow eggs, they're white."


Out of the mouth of babes.

[doganjo]

Also bear in mind that by the time they've been collected by the supplier, washed, graded, packed, sent to a central distribution centre and then out again to the supermarket your eggs could be pretty old by the time they get on the shelf.

About 6 to 10 weeks old I was told.  I'll just make do with my one every other day, and my good little Shetland ducks, 3 a day from 5 girls

[waterbuffalofarmer]

Mine have stopped laying now for the time being, it is quite annoying, but it is probably due to the lack of light and heat.

[Marches Farmer]

My 2014 hens moulted very late (October and November) this year so I'm not expecting eggs until next month.  The 2015's have just started, although I was expecting the Legbar crosses to be first but the Wyandottes have beat them to it.

[Quirkygirl]

I miss my hens and ducks so much and hate hate hate having to buy from the supermarket..