The egg shell color is determined by the breed of chicken. It has nothing to do with the diet of the hen and nutritionally they’re all the same. We have 25 chickens (Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rocks and New Hampshire Reds) that produce all shades of brown eggs. Our flock has a secure coop and in the summer is moved with our llamas and sheep in a pasture rotation plan so the hens do indeed lay pastured raised eggs. Let’s hope that the hawks don’t figure out which pasture they’re in!
You’ll be able to find our eggs at the Sunapee Farmers Market starting Saturday May 29! We are so excited to participate in the first-ever Farmers Market in Sunapee, where in addition to our eggs we will sell Scott’s photographs and greeting cards, veggie plants and micro greens (end of May), and then veggies (radishes, eggplants, tomatoes, sweet peppers, squash, pumpkins, beans, carrots, etc.) when they come into season. Saylor Garland will be helping me tend the booth, so please stop by and say hello. Hopefully the honey will come in before the Sunapee Farmers Market ends in September!
