Guest guest Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 I can only find brown organic eggs around here. I used them to make Lemon Egg the other day. The formula works just fine! Is it ok to use brown eggs? Does the brown pigmentation do any harm from the brown egg shells? Ingrid from Hemet, CA Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 Just fine that is all my chickens lay and I use them. Pat m --- Ingrid <dutchgirl101956 wrote: > I can only find brown organic eggs around here. I > used them to make Lemon Egg the other day. The > formula works just fine! > > Is it ok to use brown eggs? Does the brown > pigmentation do any harm from the brown egg shells? > > Ingrid from Hemet, CA > > > > > > Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > > > > " Do not be afraid of enemies; the worst they can do is to kill you. Do not be afraid of friends; the worst they can do is betray you. Be afraid of the indifferent; they do not kill or betray. But only because of their silent agreement, betrayal and murder exist on earth. " - - -- Bruno Yasienski - " The Plot of the Indifferent " (1937) FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 I have Aruacana chickens, they lay green eggs, I think the color of the shell doesn't matter. Do you think I could use just the shells (cleaned out first)? Would I get the same results? Debra - Ingrid herbal_remedies Saturday, November 05, 2005 4:14 PM Herbal Remedies - Lemon Egg and Brown Organic Eggs I can only find brown organic eggs around here. Iused them to make Lemon Egg the other day. Theformula works just fine!Is it ok to use brown eggs? Does the brownpigmentation do any harm from the brown egg shells?Ingrid from Hemet, CA Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 >> Is it ok to use brown eggs? Does the brown pigmentation do any harm from the brown egg shells? External egg shell color has no bearing on the internal makeup of an egg. We breed chickens who lay blue, green, white, light brown, and dark brown eggs. All are the same inside (assuming all are fed the same thing, which they are here.) Laura Haggarty www.pathfindersfarm.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 Laura, This is intriguing. Why is it we don't see these colored eggs in retail stores. One would think the poultry industry would enjoy providing consumers with designer eggs all year long instead of just Easter? ARe they special chickens? --- Laura Haggarty <lhaggarty wrote: > >> Is it ok to use brown eggs? Does the brown > pigmentation do any harm from the brown egg shells? > > External egg shell color has no bearing on the > internal makeup of an > egg. We breed chickens who lay blue, green, white, > light brown, and dark > brown eggs. All are the same inside (assuming all > are fed the same > thing, which they are here.) > > Laura Haggarty > www.pathfindersfarm.com > > > > > Best regards, Carol _______________________________ Never Accept Only Two Choices in Life. The problems of Today cannot be solved by the same thinking that created them. -Al Einstein. FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 I am not Laura, But yes they are they are a breed called Aricanna they lay green blue and sometimes pink also. Not a laying type breed so they could not provide all year and the eggs are supposed to be lower in colesteral. Pat M > " Do not be afraid of enemies; the worst they can do is to kill you. Do not be afraid of friends; the worst they can do is betray you. Be afraid of the indifferent; they do not kill or betray. But only because of their silent agreement, betrayal and murder exist on earth. " - - -- Bruno Yasienski - " The Plot of the Indifferent " (1937) Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 >> Why is it we don't see these colored eggs in retail stores. Because it's not practical for big production houses to raise the birds who lay them, at least not in large numbers. The hens who lay the eggs you see in retail stores are all one breed, the White Leghorn for white eggs, and a Production Brown (Golden Comets, or Rhode Island Reds) for brown eggs. They have been bred to produce the most number of eggs for the smallest amount of food. Large egg producers keep their hens in what are called " battery " cages, thousands of birds in a large barn who never see the sun, never get to run free (I will try not to rant about this, but as a breeder of poultry it makes me sick how the poor birds are treated on such farms.) Even eggs which are touted as " free range " in big stores are laid by hens who may never touch a blade of grass, it may just mean they are all loose in a big barn, rather than in cages. Colored eggs such as we get come from birds who are of a variety of breeds on our small farm. We have some Light Brown Leghorns, who lay white eggs, some Buff Orpingtons who lay a light brown egg, French Marans who lay a chocolate brown egg, purebred Ameraucanas who lay a light blue egg, Easter Eggers (Ameraucanas bred to brown egg layers) who lay a green egg, Olive Eggers (Ameraucanas bred to Marans) who lay an olive green egg. All our birds are raised on pasture, ranging within electric poultry netting to keep them safe from predators, and healthy and happy as can be. My husband sells eggs in at work to his buddies, and once you've tasted a real egg, it's hard to go back to the ones from Wally World. I encourage you all to try to find a producer near you to buy pastured eggs from, you'll be amazed at the brilliant golden color of the yolks and the freshness of the eggs (most eggs you buy in the grocery store are at least two weeks old.) Anyway, sorry to go on so, but you asked! <grin> Laura Haggarty www.pathfindersfarm.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 >> . But I for one will not even eat a white egg let alone use it in anything else. I think the free range organic egg has a harder shell no matter what color. Actually, a white egg produced by a pastured chicken is just as healthy as a brown one. The color of the shell has no bearing whatsoever on the healthfulness of the egg inside. And the hardness of the shell is directly proportionate to the amount of calcium the chicken is fed (usually in the form of oyster shells, broken up and offered free choice.) And as I said in my previous email, the term " free range " can be deceiving. Producers can let their egg layers throng about in an enclosed barn, never touching grass or seeing the sun, and call them free range. The thing you should look for is " pastured " , which means the birds are run on actual grass and get to eat plants and bugs and see the sun, as nature intended them to. And the designation " organic " is another tricky one. These days large companies are taking the meaning away from the term, as if they produce over a certain amount financially they become exempt from the laws governing organic production. And a small producer like myself often cannot find or afford organic feed. But I'll lay odds my eggs are better, healthier, and more full of nutrients than any factory produced " free range, organic " egg. Again, I encourage you all to support your local small farmers and buy produce and meat and eggs from them. You'll see and taste the difference. Laura Haggarty www.pathfindersfarm.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 I have been thinking about making this calcium drink but never got around to it until today. With all of this talk, I decided to give it a try. What I did was take the shell from my son's soft-boiled egg which was almost intact and put it in ACV. I never wanted to use a whole egg (I guess I'm frugal :-) ) but realized this morning that the boiling would kill organisms on the outside of the shell and then I just scooped the egg out. I want to make sure that this is okay to do. What do you think? Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Laura, Thank you so much! It is amazing what is to be learned about something as simple as an Egg. I will look for pasturized Eggs....the ones I've been buying say organic and free range, but NOT pasteurized, which to me is a word now misleading and misunderstood when it comes to Eggs. I buy Eggs, organic/free range at a premium price, from a well known " healt food " store. Apparently, they aren't at all that they are made out to be. --- Laura Haggarty <lhaggarty wrote: > >> Why is it we don't see these colored eggs in > retail stores. > > Because it's not practical for big production houses > to raise the birds > who lay them, at least not in large numbers. > > The hens who lay the eggs you see in retail stores > are all one breed, > the White Leghorn for white eggs, and a Production > Brown (Golden Comets, > or Rhode Island Reds) for brown eggs. They have been > bred to produce the > most number of eggs for the smallest amount of food. > Large egg producers > keep their hens in what are called " battery " cages, > thousands of birds > in a large barn who never see the sun, never get to > run free (I will try > not to rant about this, but as a breeder of poultry > it makes me sick how > the poor birds are treated on such farms.) > > Even eggs which are touted as " free range " in big > stores are laid by > hens who may never touch a blade of grass, it may > just mean they are all > loose in a big barn, rather than in cages. > > Colored eggs such as we get come from birds who are > of a variety of > breeds on our small farm. We have some Light Brown > Leghorns, who lay > white eggs, some Buff Orpingtons who lay a light > brown egg, French > Marans who lay a chocolate brown egg, purebred > Ameraucanas who lay a > light blue egg, Easter Eggers (Ameraucanas bred to > brown egg layers) who > lay a green egg, Olive Eggers (Ameraucanas bred to > Marans) who lay an > olive green egg. > > All our birds are raised on pasture, ranging within > electric poultry > netting to keep them safe from predators, and > healthy and happy as can > be. My husband sells eggs in at work to his buddies, > and once you've > tasted a real egg, it's hard to go back to the ones > from Wally World. I > encourage you all to try to find a producer near you > to buy pastured > eggs from, you'll be amazed at the brilliant golden > color of the yolks > and the freshness of the eggs (most eggs you buy in > the grocery store > are at least two weeks old.) > > Anyway, sorry to go on so, but you asked! <grin> > > Laura Haggarty > www.pathfindersfarm.com > > > > > > Best regards, Carol _______________________________ Never Accept Only Two Choices in Life. The problems of Today cannot be solved by the same thinking that created them. -Al Einstein. FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 I'm not Laura but I wanted to mention that she said pastured eggs not pasturized eggs. Do not buy paturized eggs because they have been heated so that all the enzymes are killed. Patured means that the chickens are allowed to roam around outside on pasture. Jackie >>Message: 22 Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:43:19 -0800 (PST) Carol Ann <saffireskyes Re: RE: Lemon Egg and Brown Organic Eggs Laura, Thank you so much! It is amazing what is to be learned about something as simple as an Egg. I will look for pasturized Eggs....the ones I've been buying say organic and free range, but NOT pasteurized, which to me is a word now misleading and misunderstood when it comes to Eggs. I buy Eggs, organic/free range at a premium price, from a well known " healt food " store. Apparently, they aren't at all that they are made out to be.<< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Speaking of pasteurized, the lemon juice I bought is organic but it doesn't say if it is pasteurized or not. Kim - Carol Ann herbal remedies Monday, November 07, 2005 10:43 AM Re: Herbal Remedies - RE: Lemon Egg and Brown Organic Eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Looking at egg cartons in the store today, I realized that getting " pastured " eggs is probably not going to happen soon, unless I move to the country and farm my own. Matter of fact, I've never seen " pastured " eggs in any store. Thanks for pointing out the difference. --- " J. Sweigart " <willow16 wrote: > I'm not Laura but I wanted to mention that she said > pastured eggs not > pasturized eggs. Do not buy paturized eggs because > they have been > heated so that all the enzymes are killed. Patured > means that the > chickens are allowed to roam around outside on > pasture. > > Jackie > > >>Message: 22 > Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:43:19 -0800 (PST) > Carol Ann <saffireskyes > Re: RE: Lemon Egg and Brown Organic Eggs > > Laura, Thank you so much! It is amazing what is to > be > learned about something as simple as an Egg. I will > look for pasturized Eggs....the ones I've been > buying > say organic and free range, but NOT pasteurized, > which > to me is a word now misleading and misunderstood > when > it comes to Eggs. I buy Eggs, organic/free range at > a > premium price, from a well known " healt food " store. > > Apparently, they aren't at all that they are made > out > to be.<< > > > Best regards, Carol _______________________________ Never Accept Only Two Choices in Life. The problems of Today cannot be solved by the same thinking that created them. -Al Einstein. FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 the best is fresh lemon juice.Also you can save lemon peal and dry. You can use later in smoothie as natural vitamin C.Regards jasminaKim <irishgirl75 wrote: Speaking of pasteurized, the lemon juice I bought is organic but it doesn't say if it is pasteurized or not. Kim - Carol Ann herbal remedies Monday, November 07, 2005 10:43 AM Re: Herbal Remedies - RE: Lemon Egg and Brown Organic Eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Thanks for the laugh. The only way an egg could be paturized is if it was cooked. That was good. Free range and pasture are the same. Pat M --- " J. Sweigart " <willow16 wrote: > I'm not Laura but I wanted to mention that she said > pastured eggs not > pasturized eggs. Do not buy paturized eggs because > they have been > heated so that all the enzymes are killed. Patured > means that the > chickens are allowed to roam around outside on > pasture. > > Jackie > > " Do not be afraid of enemies; the worst they can do is to kill you. Do not be afraid of friends; the worst they can do is betray you. Be afraid of the indifferent; they do not kill or betray. But only because of their silent agreement, betrayal and murder exist on earth. " - - -- Bruno Yasienski - " The Plot of the Indifferent " (1937) FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 >> Free range and pasture are the same. Unfortunately, they are not. Technically speaking, a bird who is free ranged is one not in a cage. That bird could be closed up in a barn with ten thousand other birds, walking all day on feces, never seeing the sun or a blade of grass. Pastured birds are let out (typically during the day when there are fewer predators) onto actual pasture, which usually consists of some sort of grassy field, with greens and bugs they can eat, dirt they can scratch in, and sunlight to lie in. Very different, really. Laura Haggarty www.pathfindersfarm.com <home to lots of pastured poultry> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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