First Eggs From My Chicks!
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2024
- It's been quite the journey raising baby chicks just a few short months ago...and now WE HAVE EGGS AT THE HOMESTEAD. Join me as I harvest the first eggs from the hens and discuss some of the changes we'll be making to their care now that our girls are all grown up.
00:00 - Intro
00:41 - Memory Lane
01:30 - Checking For More Eggs
03:29 - New Changes
04:22 - Feed Changes
06:39 - Cooking First Eggs
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What should I make with my Epic Eggs?
An epic omelette!
A nice omelet with veggies from the garden!
Omelette with some of your delicious vegetables from the garden.
You can freeze dry some for when the girls don't lay as many in the winter.
Casseroles and Quiches are good ways to utilize a lot of eggs at once! It can help you meal prep for the whole week too.
I’m so jealous of everyone who can have chickens. I had a chuckle when you said you had to figure out how to use 2 dozen eggs a week because that’s literally one meal for my family of 6. 🤣
Damn y'all eat 4 eggs each in one meal?
Dang!!!
Those are some big omelets
Kids eat a lot! When we make pancakes or French toast and scrambled eggs, we need a full two dozen!
organic eggs have 1/3 less cholesterol than store bought
Things to do with your eggs: egg salad, hard boiled chopped into tuna salad or potato salad, shochuka, egg drop soup, egg Foo yung, eggs in fried rice, home made pasta, eggs as a binding in meatloaf.
Gifting excess eggs to your neighbors is always a plus.
Enjoy!
Great ideas! I would add Frittata with veggies! Would use a lot of eggs plus veggies
I have ducks and take my extra eggs up to the school I work at for my coworkers. It is amazing how fast they get snatched up in the teachers lounge.
Quiche would be my go to. Lots of ways to switch it up, lets you use veg, and words as leftovers.
My grandmother is all for adding extra eggs to pancakes. She says without the extra egg it might as well be desert.
Tip of the trade - for fresh eggs, I always crack them one at a time into a separate container than the one I’m making my food in (for example, into a little bowl instead of right into a pancake mix or something) because occasionally you will find one that sat in the coop for longer than you thoughts and it’s bad, or it’s bloody, or something like that. Not all of them will be perfect, and cracking them into a smaller container first instead of right into a pan prevents you from having to restart a whole recipe because of a bad egg. Also, if you’re not great at omelettes, I make “scrambles” with literally whatever I have around - tomatoes, onion, garlic, avocado, spinach, whatever - and it’s way easier than flipping an omelette lol. Oh and I do the same with rice and love to add scrambled egg to my rice to add some protein!
We were taught to crack eggs in a separate vessel in home ec and its stuck with me. An added bonuses is its easier to fish out any shell or correct if your seperating white and yolk but mess up some. Disadvantage is everyone whose seen me do it gives me greif saying it isnt necessary.
Beryl Shereshewsky here on CZcams has a multi part series on how different people around the world eat eggs! It's a fascinating watch but also really helpful if you've got a ton of eggs and you don't know what to do with them.
I personally make egg curry; hard boiled eggs get added to a sautéed sauce pan of tomatoes, onions, garlic, and curry leaves. Simple and filling with rice.
Growing up, we had so many eggs that my mom would use a pen to write the date each one was laid on its shell. That helped us to use up the oldest ones first. The water test for egg freshness is also really helpful.
My mom does that!
My brother does that, he uses recycled egg cartons so you can’t go by the expiration date, but he pencils in the date they are laid and they last a lot longer if they aren’t washed and refrigerated…
We use an oblong basket with new eggs being placed in the back. The families been trained to take from the front and so the older are used first.
I find when I feed my chickens more greens, the egg yolk appears more orange.
Things to do with eggs: pancakes, omelettes, quiche Lorraine, shakshuka eggs, frittata, spanakopita, egg fried rice, creme caramel (needs a lot of eggs!), pavlova (you can also use your fresh fruit as toppings), custard, and chocolate mousse...there are so many things you can make! Have fun, and congratulations on the first egg!! 🥳🎊🎉
Oh, that’s a nice list of yummies!
The first egg is always exciting. Also exciting is when you have as many eggs as chickens in a single day, because then you know they're all laying.
First egg is always EGGciting ftfy
Really cool to watch the evolution of the Epic Homestead and how you're becoming more and more self sufficient!
There is nothing like getting those first eggs! My best advice is to get one of those spiral egg containers, called skelter. One of my biggest mistakes I made when I first got hens was putting them in a basket. It was hard to rotate, I had a system of adding them to one end but then my kids would just add them. There is nothing worse than grabbing a bad egg!! 🤢
We have an oblong basket that allows for two neat rows of eggs side by side andothers on top. New go in the back and older in the front. The family is trained to donthis, has been all my life, but then we dont have lots of little hangs to mess it up.
I love your excitement at seeing the eggs Kevin!
You should check out Spain on a Fork. Lots of Spanish recipes feature eggs, not just for breakfast, but for lunch or dinner. Spain on a Fork has lots of cheap and easy meals, mostly vegetarian, using fresh produce, which your garden will keep you supplied with.
The first eggs are so eggciting! I have bantam Wyandottes and they went nuts the first time they laid...I didn't know what was happening. I thought they were being attacked 😄
The only time my girls lay outside of their nesting box is if there's a problem, for example a change in bedding that they didn't like or a dietary issue. I now use shredded paper in their nesting box, it doesn't attract mites and fleas like straw or hay.
The current way I eat eggs for breakfast (I'm a bit obsessed), is to poach 2 eggs, sauté some spinach and mushrooms with a bit of butter and salt, and pile it all on nice crunchy bread, eggs on top. Then I pour on a bit of (home-made) chili oil, and sprinkle on some gochugaru. It's SO freaking good!!
Oh my! 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
Korean steamed eggs I think uses a min of 3 eggs in the recipe and I think it's so easy, you can microwave it. I also like to hardboil a couple of eggs, slice it lengthwise and have it marinated in soy sauce. You can put those in tupperware and have it as a snack.
🎉Yay!! That is so exciting! I have 3 recommendations,
1. If you notice the egg shells getting thiner even when the birds are on layer pellets, you can supplement with oyster shells.
2. For long term egg storage check out water glassing, you can store eggs for up to a year (or more depending on the source) without refrigeration.
3. As far as recipes go, deep dish quiche is a great way to use lots of eggs and you can play around with veggie and herb combinations. Soufflés are another great way to use eggs and there is always the classic eggnog😋
Edit: I also want to add that knowing how to float test eggs will become a crucial skill, eggs can add up quick and keeping track of the oldest ones isn't always easy, that way you know what you're going to get before cracking open an egg.
Also the yelling thing when they lay eggs is totally normal, it's their egg call that they will do every time they lay
CONGRATS!!! 🎉👏😁 Yes! Make sure that you don't let them to peck/eat their eggs. They do sell ceramic "eggs" to show them that it's ok so lay in the nest boxes.
I can't recomend the spiral egg holder enough! We have several chickens and many holders can store up to 3 dozen eggs and allows you to use the oldest eggs first. And takes up less room on your counter. And usually it's an egg a day per chicken..
Lemon curd. Steamed eggs. Variation on steamed eggs: Just pour into pan, cover. It will be nice a tender. I usually just add a bit of soy sauce. My mom also added garlic. There's recipes with lots of sweet and/or savory ingredients. I have also tried cut-up sausages, various herbs, mushrooms, etc. Soft boiled eggs. Pickled eggs. Marinaded eggs.
Mixing the 2 feeds is good and won’t hurt layers or non layers.
A lot of people I know say that fresh eggs taste way different then the store bought ones. I feel like it’s maybe more”rich” in flavor. What do you think? Also, you can use them in your own pasta, you can also use your vegetable powder from your freeze drying experience for the pasta also. It’s very good. I personally like making spinach pasta.
My grandparents have been raising chickens for decades now, and funnily enough, my mom doesn't digest those eggs as well as the store-bought ones. So I'd say there's definitely a different richness to them, the kind that can even disturb weak guts!
yes!! the difference can be super apparent- and mainly it's due to the nutritional differences between backyard chickens and the chickens in most commercial egg farms. backyard chickens get a WAY better, often more natural diet, while chickens in egg farms just get fed whatever layer crumble they're given (as they're not allowed outside!). backyard eggs are more nutritious for this reason too!
You can pick up a false (ceramic) egg for a couple of bucks at most feed stores. Not only does it show them where to lay, but also discourages egg eaters, since they peck at the egg and don't get any reward. Just make sure to tell anyone else who collects eggs for you. And maybe mark the fake in someway. We've had a couple our chicken-sitters get fooled because they didn't know.
People I know use wooden eggs for the same reason. Watching I wondered if it was something specific to our area.
I give my hens as much vegetable scraps as I can.. really improves the yellow to orange.. also I give the herbs if I’ve picked to many to cook with.
Eggs so many ways!! Love them, and thanks for sharing
Congrats! Such a great feeling when your first girls start laying!
My brother, the darker the yolk, the less we season them. You want that full bodied flavor. Especially the first one, try it best like it is. I'm so proud of y'all and can't wait until my whole plate is coming from my property. Great job guys!
My recommendation for all those eggs: share with Jacques and his wife. That’s a lot of eggs for one person! Frittatas are an easy meal and you can use your other home grown veggies.
Jacque has his own chickens 🐓
Exciting to see the hens laying!
Using up eggs: shakshuka, quiche, tortilla (potato omlette), and baking all take a good amount of eggs. The quiche & tortilla also keep as a convenient cold lunch for a few days after they're made.
Quiche in particular has a fancy reputation, but it's really just your savory odds and ends thrown in a pie crust with beaten eggs and a little fat. The prep is most time-consuming, so I'll make a few at a time and freeze the extras.
Quiche! You can make a bunch at once and then have easy cool food for summertime. Ratio is about 1 onion: 1/2lb other veg: 4 eggs: 1c milk/cream: 1/2lb cheese. Crust is optional. I usually skip it and just oil the casserole dish well. Sauté veg with some salt to drive off the water. While veg cools, Shred cheese and mix eggs and dairy. Mix all together. Bake maybe an hour at 325? Basically until it smells good and is a little brown. Eat warm, eat cold, whatever. I think it tastes best at room temp. (Maybe bake at night when it’s not godawful hot.)
I usually make a triple recipe at once. And if you have a good enough blender, you can skip the work of shredding the cheese and just toss it in the blender with the milk.
7:45 - I love the full process, even cooking!
I've heard good things about egg glassing for long storage. You can find videos on CZcams of course and by long storage, I mean MONTHS! What I like about the concept is that it's an old school way of preserving them for when hens stop laying during the winter, but unlike pickling is that you can still use them in their "raw" state for frying or baking.
I like eggs in a Jewish dish called Cholent. You put eggs, meat, rice, chickpeas and vegetables in a crock pot and cook it on high overnight. The eggs get this amazing flavor and texture that's hard to recreate any other way. You can also put the eggs in a friend eggplant sandwich called sabiach (sa-beek) with tomatoes, cucumber, amba (a sour mango chuntney) and shug sauce (a Serrano and herb sauce). Congrats on the eggs!
Find Quiche recipes, so many variations and eggs are main ingredients. Once a week egg night for dinner and we purchased plain egg cartons that I put our farm sticker on and give to visitors to my property.
If u want to bake something with a lot of eggs whites I would highly recommend a angel food cake. Most recipes take about a dozen egg whites and they are worth it! Nothing compares to a warm homemade angel food cake I normally cook up the yolks for a dog treat or make a flan so they don’t go to waste.
I agree on the angel food cake! I used to make them all the time for my neighbor who had chickens. And another idea for the leftover yolks is to make lemon or lime curd.
Egg custard can use up the yolks too
Yay how egg-citting for you. I have a photo of my first dozen eggs, my girls laid back in 1999. I love to hard boil some and eat them as snacks throughout the day. Much healthier that cake or biscuits. Congratulations on your girls laying . Blessings from Australia ❤️
I cannot WAIT for my girls to start laying! Not just for cost, but I feel like if I am taking proper care of them (and they are quite spoiled already) they will inadvertently return the favor.
When we had chickens, I found that the yolk sacks were stronger, so it was easier to flip them without the yolks breaking.
Since you love potatoes...
Fry some diced potatoes with, sausage, smoked sausage, or ham, bacon, whatever sounds good. Make some little holes in the mixture. Break an egg into each little hole. Cover and cook slow until the eggs are as done as you like.
You can also add other fresh veggies, while frying up the mixture, onion, garlic, peppers
In addition to fried eggs, there's omelets, cupcake omelets (bake scrambled eggs + extras in a cupcake pan), egg salad, breakfast burritos, eggs on burgers, egg biscuits, etc.
You can also use eggs a binder for meatloaf/burgers, breaded chicken/fish, etc.
For my wife and I we have four chickens. This gives us a plethora eggs every week and a half I'll make about four or five quiche. Each quiche uses between 3 and 7 eggs, and they freeze well! Plus it gives us a place to use our asparagus, shallots, spring onions, and onions. Plus with the potatoes about to be harvested...fresh hash browns!
Kind of funny that you posted this video today. We have a house finch nest in the overhang out our front door and the three babies fledged today, two in the morning and one in the afternoon. I was fortunate to see the afternoon fledgling. So cute watching dad try to coax him off the nest.
Make a nice frittata using your eggs and veggies! It's an easy meal and you can add anything. I saute the veggies and when they are almost done just scramble a lot of eggs and pour them over the veggies. Lower heat, cover and wait for the top to start set up. Have a large plate or a platter, cover the on and flip, slide the egg mix in one piece and finish the top which is now the bottom. Use hot pads to avoid scalding. Top with your favorite and enjoy!
We get lots a eggs, we like to make are eggbakes. Use a 9x13 deep pan about a dozen eggs with a little milk and scramble and dump any veggie, meat, cheese, potatoes in the pan and pour the egg mixture over and bake. We get super creative and throw whatever is leftover in the fridge! You can also cut into nice squares and freeze for individual servings down the road. We also have a freeze dryer, and I process a few dozen a week for when winter comes and my girls aren’t laying.
You could try putting a wooden egg in each box if they're still not laying in the nesting box. This way you don't have to worry about them pecking at it, and you don't have to cycle eggs out.
Plastic Easter eggs work really well too. That's always what my family did on the farm. Easier to keep clean than wood as well.
That's what I was thinking. I didnt see anyone mentioning the wood option in the comments though so I was starting to wonder if it was specific to our region since everyone I've known who kept hens used wooden eggs.
To use up a bunch of eggs: Pickle them in different ways (dill, bread 'n butter, spicy, with root veggies, etc), homemade pasta with the flour of your choice, crack an egg per ice cube cell to freeze them for baking later, quiche (with or without crust), lots of different (and healthy) breads use eggs too.
Awwww! My chicks arrive in about 2 weeks.... so excited!
You can feed their eggshells back to the chickens to help with development of good shells. Just rinse and dry them and toss them in the coop with the garden scraps you are already giving them.
Not sure if you know already, but since your girls are not free range and they are now eating adult food with grains in them, they should have access to grit to ensure they can digest properly.
I love turning our eggs into pickled eggs but you want to try and use eggs that are a bit older(Simple Living Alaska youtube channel has done a bunch of pickled egg recipes-they also have a truly epic garden!)
I also love simple egg salad sandwiches, quiche, breakfast burritos, and giving them away to loved ones. We usually harbor about 1-2 dozen on the counter as we collect them over a day or two and those are the ones donated to family and friends. We have an extra refrigerator in our garage that stores the lion share of our hoard currently.
There are also TONS of video’s on using pickling lime(calcium hydroxide-not gardening lime) for long term storage at room temperature.
This is what I do with extra eggs. 1. Scramble them, put in a zip lock and freeze. Good for at least 6 months or more. 2. Scramble them and then freeze dry. Last for many years. They can be used as scrambled eggs, pastas or in baked goods. It is great to have the extras on hand since the chicks will lay less eggs come winter.
Frittata and quiche are yummy any so many combinations. Just plain poached egg on buttered toast is simply lovely. Golden yolks come from free ranging on grass really. Enjoy
I love your videos! I laughed at your excitement upon finding the eggs because that would be so me!! lol. One tip: make sure you wash the eggs prior to consuming. If the egg is dirty, wash it then place it in the fridge. Otherwise, don't wash the eggs but leave them out on the counter. If you get extra eggs, more than you can handle, two ideas come to mind. First, you could give them away to a family who would need it. The second is to freeze dry the eggs. Freeze drying will last longer and you could still give them away or save them for a time when the hens are not in production. I love the Carolina Coops! I have had my eye out on them for years. When I finally get my property, Carolina Coop is what I will get. Keep up the great videos!!!
Great videos!! My grandma raised chickens on her dairy farm in Turlock, CA. She would put a glass egg (also used for darning socks!) in the nest to encourage the chickens to use the laying nests. I am over 70 yrs old so this was some time ago.(you can laugh now!!) In reference to yolk color: there was a farm in Southern Cal. some years ago that added dark orange Marigold petals to the chicken feed. The petals did not affect the egg taste but significantly deepened the yolk color. Just an FYI. Don't know which variety of marigold they used. Love all your videos!! Great content and excellent photography!
So a good way to pass eggs without « eating eggs » is baking or cooking with it. Ex: pasta, bread, flat breads, kimchi or pickled cabbage/green onions or chive Korean style pancakes, banana pancakes-classic pancakes-crepes, chocolate mousse, cakes, in soups or sautés. That might give you ideas on how to use eggs in a more diverse way than omelettes or quiche. Btw quiche is really simple (if eggs don’t make you too farty) and is great to pass leftover pieces of veggies. Excellent with goat cheese or cheddar and herbs veggies like spinach, pak chop, kale etc.
I love how excited you are about your first eggs! What do you like for eggs? Scrambled, over easy, omelet? I like making a frittata with mushrooms, peppers& onion! Yummy!
I use wooden or plaster craft eggs to train them to lay where I want them. Enjoy your eggs!
Our Wyandotte’s are my favorites. Such sweeties and great brooders too.
Freeze dried eggs rehydrate VERY well and can be easily donated to food banks or shelters.
I can only imagine your total excitement I'm finding eggs! It's my dream one day to own chickens ans get my own fresh eggs! Congratulations!!!
To store eggs you can freeze them, glass them (using pickling lyme and water), and freeze dry them. Quiches of all kinds, especially breakfast queches. freeze them for a quick, on-the-go breakfast.
You might want to offer them oyster shells and chicken grit as they get bigger. This will help with the egg shell stability and the grit helps them to process the feed in their crop a little better.
One of my fave ways to eat eggs is fried slowly in extra virgin olive oil and a bit of water cover until it’s cooked to your liking. I like the yolk a bit runny. Then remove it and place it on a plate with some plain Greek yogurt. Squeeze a bit of fresh lemon juice on both egg and yogurt. Salt, pepper, maybe zaatar. Yum
Oh man... so good. I love how excited you were for those eggs. Awesome.
My chickens literally are free range we have no coop no special diet they’d mostly eat corn feed and the bugs they find from scratching. We also have roosters which is loud and fun. Our eggs are the freshest eggs you could eat. The most interesting fun fact about free range roosters and hens is that they will come to the door when they want feed, the hens compete for the same spot to lay their eggs, they fly in trees and each one sleeps in the same spot on the tree every night. They walk all over the neighborhood and our neighbors love them because they keep the bug population down. Yet at the same time every night they all come back to the house and get in the tree to sleep. The hens yield about 20 eggs a day. For eggs recipes try to incorporate your eggs into other dishes that require eggs.
Homesteading Family YT channel has a video or maybe a course on how to use and preserve eggs for use all year round, including storing them in lime water, making eggnog, drying egg pasta, freezing eggs, drying eggs, etc. I tried the lime water method and it was totally easy, worked great.
Those hens wont lay an egg every day. Your breeds are of the 3 to 5 eggs a week variety. They'll also take a few months off this winter because of daylight hour decreasing. You could add lighting to your coop to alter that, or let them take the winter off the moult and recoup. Those eggs will get bigger as the hens get more practice. Scramble some of the eggs raw in the blender, freeze them in a muffin tray, pop them out, and store in a zipper bag in the freezer for winter use. You could also call a few food pantries to see if they could use the extra eggs. You can rinse those egg shells, dry them out, crush them, and feed them back to your girls. Also, chickens love eggs so you can cook them up and feed them back to them. Fake eggs in the nest box, golf balls, or ping-pong balls will help them remember where the egg goes. That Crested Cream Legbar should lay a blue egg, which will be fun to discover. Happy Chickening!
You can scramble them and add to a muffin pan... add toppers like meats cheese and veg and cook in the oven until firm .... these freeze well and make a quick breakfast
you should make menemen: sautee chopped green peppers with olive oil in high heat, add grated tomatoes and cook down until most of the juice evaporates, then scramble some eggs. another favourite is chopped green herbs and spices along with chopped boiled eggs rolled up in some pita. yum!
I pickle hard boiled eggs for winter. To snack as is, or put on a sandwich or in a salad. I also freeze eggs. I beat them pretty well and freeze in ziplock bags. I use small bags with 4 eggs per bag. That’s what i use for a cake or a quiche in wintertime. The texture of the yolk changes when you freeze it, so i beat them and use them ín something. Also, fresh unwashed eggs store for about 2 months in our climate, so when the season is winding down i stop pickling and freezing and store for fresh use 🙂
So eggciting! My ladies by far preferred the pine shavings to the nest liners. You might want to leave one nest box with shavings to see if they stop laying in with their waste.
Just think of everything you need eggs for, making fresh pasta, meatloaf, fried anything like eggplant or cutlets. Make egg salads or potato egg salad , deviled eggs , etc…. Happy for you! Wish I could have a few chickens. ❤️❤️❤️
Congrats! Such sweet babies. You can try preserving salted eggs, pickled eggs. You could preserve your fruits and vegetables as well for future use.
If you pick off bugs from your plants and plop them in a cup of water, you can feed them to your chickens. That will help with deepening the color and flavor of their yolks. They also like a bit of herbs. Helps their health as well.
We just got out 1st egg today! You can freeze dry them. Add then to corn bread and deserts. There's many things you can do.
To preserve the eggs you can freeze them after you beat them. . You can also store them in a technique called water glassing
So exciting!
I know you're into healthy eating, but you could make a lot of merengue 😂
What I like to do is toast a slice of sourdough bread, place scrambled eggs on top of that, sprinkle a bit of shredded cheese over it, and add some leafy greens, tomato and a bit of red onion to the dish. You can season the eggs with salt, pepper and a bit of herbs too.
Lemon curd!! Pickled eggs!! Also: in a buttered ramekin, coat with fine bread crumbs, drop in egg cover with a few drops of hot sauce, dash of nutmeg, and two tablespoons of heavy cream, top with a tablespoon of grated Gruyère cheese
Put ramekins on baking sheet and bake at 350 for about 5-7 minutes
SO good
Like creamy spicy little custard cups
That first egg excitement is so real 😂😂🤗🤗🤗
So exciting! Quiche would be a great way to use your veggies as well as heaps of eggs!
eggs and chives are so good in the morning, I also enjoy eggs and bitter melon from my garden.
You can freeze them in a muffin tin, remove from tin and put in freezer-safe bags for when the chickens' production slows down.
I believe I heard chickens love calendula, which will deepen the egg color. Some recipes with eggs: can't go wrong with cake (is someone's birthday coming up), frittata, quiche, french toast, veggie omelet, homemade mayo, ramen with eggs, potato and eggs, cornbread, pavlova, souffle
The hen with the reddest comb is the hen that is "in Lay". Very easy :)
To give the girls a bit more calcium, you can also wash the used egg shells, crush them, and give them back to them as feed. Uses up otherwise wasted shells and boosts their calcium intake :)
Frittatas. You can use any veg you want and vary them to keep from getting bored. A good way to use leftovers. Its also easy and quick, which is the best thing, imo.
Hard boiled pickled eggs are great with some salt and hot sauce. Maybe you could make some green hot sauce with your peppers and use some carrots, onions, garlic and dill form the garden as well. Thanks for all the great content. We appreciate you guys!
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That's awesome still waiting on my first eggs
Feeding Marigold's to the chickens will darken the yolks as well as free range eating. We make big batches of French toast and freeze the extra. Scrambled eggs and breakfast Burritos .
Strawberry ice cream is on my recipe list this week. Used 7 egg yolks for 1 quart.
Also crème brûlée. Custards use tons of egg yolks!!
If your pullets are laying eggs, they will squat when you walk into the run or squat when they in the coop and you put your hand over their backs. Both of your Wyandot's did that several times starting around 2:40 when you opened up the back of the coop.
YAY! My chicks are 18 wks tomorrow, so it’s getting close for me!
Quiche!!! Fresh herbs, veg in season, store bought pie crust for ease… 👌🏻
As others have mentioned, quiche is a great way to use eggs. However, to take it to a different step....get a cupcake pan, grease it, put some biscuit dough in the bottom of each cup (you can thin it out to go up the sides as well if you want....I've also used croissant dough), fill with your quiche mixture, top with some cheese and bake them. GREAT for portion control (they are usually VERY filling!), you can freeze them and you have a quick "warm and eat" breakfast/lunch/dinner that will store for a very long time. :) Also, Living Traditions Homestead also has a Harvest Right freezer that they have used to freeze dry eggs where they give some tips about what they found works and what didn't work as well. Might want to check it out. :) Enjoy the new Epic harvest! :D
Keep the egg shells for your tomato plants and compost! Your chickens will lay a lot less in winter and then also slow down production after 2-3 years. Make pavlova or quiche with your eggs!
I used to make a ton of different quiche.
I make a gluten free breakfast egg casserole. Mix nine eggs with 1 cup of milk/broth or other liquid. Cut thin slices of sweet potato, saute onions/green onions, greens. Season egg mixture and beat with liquid until well beaten. Layer starting with the sweet potato then the onions, greens and meat or cheese if you like. Pour eggs over top and bake in a 350º oven until just jiggly (25-40 minutes). Take out and let it finish on a baking rack or set on top of a cutting board. As soon as it's cooled down a bit (10 minutes or so) cut and serve with hot sauce or yogurt or other sauce you like. It's a great way to use up both eggs and veggies.
Also look up a recipe for Chawanmushi. It's a delicate savory Japanese egg custard that's easy.
I also make coddled eggs. I put a tablespoon of cream or creme fraiche in a ramekin. Add some wild mushrooms then the egg and some cheese. Cook in the oven in a water bath for 14 minutes at 350º or in the microwave.
Fermented hardboiled eggs. I did mine with red pepper flakes dried rosemary fresh chopped garlic fresh ground pepper 👍
Epic Kitchen! My girls are just a wee bit younger - I’m also enjoying the Carolina Coop with the auto water system AND the Coop Worx feeder. Eggs - frittatas, huevos rancheros….yum! For protein, seriously consider adding meat rabbits - starter set of 1 buck and 2 does will give you plenty of low-fat CLEAN meat. You know what you’re feeding them and it will be from your own garden. Rabbit poop! Pellets go right into the garden as fertilizer.
In japan, some of the breeders mix in different type of chili peppers in their feeds to make the yolk more orange.
Hi Kevin. Farm Lady here. You should FLOAT your eggs if you are unsure how old they are. This is something I have done all my life. I do this with store bought eggs also. Floating is just what it sounds like. Fill a bowl with cold water and place your eggs in the water. Anything that floats to the top is bad. If the eggs are on the bottom or Standing up they are ok. By " STANDING UP " I mean they will stand on one end. If you have any that stand on end boil them right away or you will lose them. Hope this helps. Make a few zucchini Fritters with your eggs, they are very good.
Awww congrats! They are all grown up :')
There's a lot of eggellent recipes like quiches, baking cakes, making pasta and a ton Asian dishes too.
This is what i do when I can’t finish an entire carton of eggs before they expire: Crack all your eggs into a baking dish, bake them until the yolk is cooked, turn out the block of hard Boiled eggs, chop them up and store them in a container to use throughout the week. Use the diced eggs for salad toppings, breakfast burritos, savory oatmeal or (my favorite) pre-make a bunch of egg salad sandwiches to snack on in between garden chores. Egg salad onigiri if you’re feeling extra Asian-y :p can’t wait for hunting and finishing content! I’ve always been curious but don’t have the time or knowledge to dive into it. Really eager to see what you start off with!!