Turkey Tracks: January 17, 2012
Rose’s Pretty Eggs
Rose Thomas has the prettiest eggs in the whole world.
I got some over Christmas as our own flock was mostly resting and as Mike, Tami, and the four kiddos were coming.
Here’s what one sees when one opens one of Rose’s egg cartons:
The really dark brown egg is from a Copper Black Maran. The white egg on the far left is from a Barbanter. The blue eggs are from Americaunas. The rosy tan eggs are from Red Sex-Links or Freedom Rangers. I’m not sure what the other darker brown eggs are from–maybe Marans who are not painting so dark. And, that little olive egg on the far lower right is from a Cooper Black Maran and Americauna cross.
They’re like Easter Eggs, right?
And the yolk color is a deep, amazing orange.
Rose feeds organic feed grown and sold in Maine–which has some soy–since she has a big flock–but she supplements with milk when she can get it, seaweed, whole grains, greens from her hoop houses, and household leftovers, including meat and fat. On cold winter mornings, she takes her flock some warm mash–made from grains.
Please Maine farmers, grow and mix us some feed that is SOY FREE!
With a small flock, I can mix my own whole grains–and there is a good recipe elsewhere on this blog–but those with larger flocks cannot afford to do that.
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