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Eggs At Last, Lord Almighty, Fresh Eggs At Last

Farm Fresh Eggs
And now THIS is happening y’all..

I know. It’s been a long and difficult wait for us too. GOOD NEWS: All spring we had to suffer with store bought, cage grown (ew) nasty eggs. But now our new girls at Mercy Hill Farm are finally laying!

Plymouth Barred Rock Laying Hens
Plymouth Barred Rock Laying Hens

The new girls are about 5 months old now and pumping out about two dozen delicious, golden-orange yolked eggs every day. They’re just getting started. Soon we will have 5 or 6 dozen a day. These Plymouth Barred Rocks (above) are curious and friendly, great foragers and love to fight over the tomato hornworms we pluck out of the garden!

Aracauna laying hens

The Aracauna’s are a little more cautious and aloof (the two on the right above are Aracaunas,) but they lay pretty blue and green shelled eggs. They also have a varied and unusual feathering around their faces (like the one below:)

Aracauna Laying Hen Face
Aracauna Laying Hen Face

 

 

It’s also harvest season at Mercy Hill Farm. So in addition to farm fresh eggs, you will find fresh, in season vegetables in our store as well.

 

Fresh Garden Vegetables
Fresh Garden Vegetables
Piper on the Patio
Piper on the Patio

Piper says come on by anytime. She’s really excited about the new patio out back; what we call the “Chillax-io.” Stop by and say hello and chillax a bit.