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Anybody have chickens or other poultry birds?

The yolks are darker in color, larger and creamier. They are also higher in Omega-3's. That said, there's not THAT big of a difference in taste.

They do come in all sorts of cool colors. We get brown, beige, white, pink, green and blue eggs from our chickens. No need to dye eggs at easter!
 
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Scat said:
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Very cool.

I don't eat eggs at all unless they're baked in cookies and stuff like that, so I wouldn't know anything about the taste. They're all disgusting to me.

But Scat, those in your picture sure are purty!
 
moevillini said:
there was a hen loose in our neighborhood last fall, it had either escaped or been "kidnapped" from a backyard hen house a couple blocks away - - I don't personally know the people whose hen it was, but a friend is a neighbor and she said they get eggs from them every once in a while
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No problem with loose birds in our neighborhood: the coyotes and bobcats take care of them quickly.
Seriously, the eggs are better than what you buy in the grocery store, but people I've known who have chickens go to a lot of trouble with building an enclosure, feeding, cleaning up, etc. Seems like a lot of work and expense just for fresh eggs. We briefly discussed it in our household, but I knew ALL the work would eventually land on my shoulders, just as it has with every other animal we've had. We just buy all our eggs and any other organic food we choose to consume from Trader Joe's instead of regular grocery stores. Organic is very important for some items and not that much for others.
 
MoTown16 said:
No problem with loose birds in our neighborhood: the coyotes and bobcats take care of them quickly. Seriously, the eggs are better than what you buy in the grocery store, but people I've known who have chickens go to a lot of trouble with building an enclosure, feeding, cleaning up, etc. Seems like a lot of work and expense just for fresh eggs. We briefly discussed it in our household, but I knew ALL the work would eventually land on my shoulders, just as it has with every other animal we've had. We just buy all our eggs and any other organic food we choose to consume from Trader Joe's instead of regular grocery stores. Organic is very important for some items and not that much for others.
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You'd be a cool neighbor, but all the same, I won't be moving to your neighborhood anytime soon.
 
nightmare3983 said:
You'd be a cool neighbor, but all the same, I won't be moving to your neighborhood anytime soon.
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Haven't seen a bobcat since the people two houses down got rid of the last of their chickens. They're not too common a sight, so it was a real treat to see one run across our backyard. We're not in some remote place, it's just that our house backs up against a lot of hills. It's kind of a high desert climate where I live and the city charter calls for a lot of open space to remain untouched around each development tract. Coyotes are generally solitary scavengers...usually only see one roaming around late at night or very early in the evening. Rabbits are the real problem around here. Ironically, I remember one Easter morning we had 13 in our backyard (and our backyard isn't that big!). Had to chase them back through our fence in order to hide my daughter's eggs. I enjoy having a bit of wildlife around; just have to know what to watch out for (like an occasional rattlesnake).
 
Get a goose. Talk about mean son of a bitches. They are better than dogs for guarding a yard.
 
Scat said:
The yolks are darker in color, larger and creamier. They are also higher in Omega-3's. That said, there's not THAT big of a difference in taste.

They do come in all sorts of cool colors. We get brown, beige, white, pink, green and blue eggs from our chickens. No need to dye eggs at easter!
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If you can't taste the difference your not feeding them right. No sulfur smell or taste in the eggs. they will destroy a garden but if your place is big enough they green the lawn not kill it. Ducks are cool but I didn't care for the taste of their eggs to greasy our ducks are pets. Just don't get a rooster all the hens become mean when there is a rooster in the flock.

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And back to the posters original question... lets get back on topic people.

I have chicken at least once a week, definitely more than I have beef.
I rarely have duck, twice in my life that I can think of... wasn't impressed.

I would go with chicken.
 
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