Fleeces' Peeps

Rest in peace sweet Peanut.

Today's bounty. The girls are on a roll in spite of the cold weather 🐔🥚💕

Green eggs and ham, anyone ?...or EE can chime in on this one...

Easter Eggers are sweet, docile and, as their name implies, they lay colorful eggs. Why wouldn't you want at least a few Easter Eggers in your flock? This breed has a pea comb, and is very cold hardy.

Production: Easter Eggers are good layers laying 200-280 medium to large sized light brown, green, blue, or pink eggs a year. The Easter Eggers skin color is white. Hens are broody.

Temperament: These are sweet birds and are not usually aggressive.

Today's beauties!
*note, that is mud from thier feet, not 💩..all 11 girls must share the same nesting box even though there are more than 1 🙄

Question of the day......
Are Brown Eggs Better for You Than White Eggs?

A: The color of an egg’s shell has everything to do with pigmentation and nothing to do with nutrition. Regardless of whether the eggshell is brown, blue, tinted or white, the nutritional value of an egg is the same. Brown eggs tend to be (erroneously) considered healthier because they are associated with local farms versus factory farms.

Question of the day "Do you have to refrigerate freshly laid eggs"?

The short answer is no. Eggs are laid with a near invisible coating called the 'bloom' or 'cuticle' on the shell. This coating helps keep air and bacteria out of the egg, keeping the egg fresher longer. So as long as you don't wash your eggs until just before cooking them, there's no need to refrigerate them.

Come join our page and enjoy watching & learning about our backyard fluffy butts....we will eventually start selling fresh eggs so stay tuned!! 🐓🥚🐔

Meet our girls! We have 5 ISA Brown, 2 Easter Eggers and 4 Leghorns.

ISA Browns....
Dolly
Loretta
Mariah
Mandy
Tiana

Easter Eggers...
Peanut
Nugget

Leghorns...(can't tell them apart) 🤦‍♀️
Thing #1
Thing #2
Thing #3
Thing #4