We are considering expanding our flock of chickens, and we’d like to hear from You! Especially if You’d like to be able to buy eggs from Briden Farm. Eggs will be $4 a Dozen, maybe $5 for Extra Large. Please comment below, or call 902-907-0770 or message us on FaceBook.
Eggs! Chickens Lay Them, People Eat Them, Farmers Find Them, and Stores Sell Them! Nothing real surprising about that right!?
Now, the real question here, “Would You eat an Egg that is 30 Days Old? What about 60 Days Old?
I bet You Answered … No! Right?
Truth is if You’re buying Eggs in the Stores, You’ve probably already been eating eggs that are 30-60 days old!
According to the Farmer’s Almanac, and information they obtained from Fresh Eggs Daily, “By law, an egg can be sold for up to 30 days after the date it was put in the carton. And farmers have up to 30 days to go from when the egg is laid to the carton.”
So, how do You know when an egg is fresh?
One way to tell the age of an egg is to rely on Sell By, Best Expiration Dates, and Use Before dates! After all they range from just 30 – 45 Days after Package Date!
Another way is to break it in your pan, does the yolk run all over? Or does it stay together? If it runs all over, I bet it’s an Egg purchased from a Store! Right?
Another way to see if an egg is fresh is to put it in a glass of water! If it floats throw it out! For more tips on how to tell if you’re eggs are fresh read the Article, “Can I Still Eat That”, by FreshMag.
Or, in my opinion, either get your own chickens, or seek out a local farmer! Then You’ll go from eating 30-60 day old eggs to eating fresh, nutritious, eggs with a wonderful taste experience! Plus Farm Eggs are usually Larger and there is nothing like Fresh Eggs!
Even before starting Briden Farm, we thought about someday having a place where we can play Farmer’s Golf! We first played Farmer’s Golf at Hennigar’s in Greenwich, Nova Scotia. Their course meanders through their orchards and we were even told to have an apple if we saw one we liked! If You’ve never had the opportunity to play Farmer’s Golf, check out this lovely description on Hennigar’s Farmer’s Golf Page, or visit the website for the Farmer’s Golf courses in the Netherlands, where there are a number of Courses, where the game was developed!
So, now that You understand what I mean by Farmer’s Golf, and I am seriously considering having a Farmer’s Golf course here at Briden Farm! You’ll appreciate just how kismet things can be sometimes and also how truly willing to please our Chickens really are!
See, the other day, as we were working to make a fence for the our Nigerian Dwarf Goat Bucks, near the Hen House, I literally stumbled on an old Golf Club! Then, within an hour, we saw the strangest thing in the Hen House! One of our Hens laid a Golf Ball! Or, at least an egg, shaped like a Real Golf Ball! Some Hen!