Modern crybaby have been cover to ovulate like gangbusters . On ordinary , an nut is produce every 26 hour when a hen is in her prime . When day - sometime wench get in , not much bigger than egg , it ’s hard to imagine that they ’ll ever bring forth more food than you could eat , but they do !
The amount my hens were capable of producing did n’t dip in until I was gathering five egg nearly every Clarence Shepard Day Jr. until the wad ’s first molt a year later . My family could n’t eat three - dozen eggs each calendar week . Eventually , a special collection of seven - dozen eggs sit in the electric refrigerator week after week , unmoved .
At a yard cut-rate sale in my neighborhood , I ’d found a turgid bag of brand - new pinkish Styrofoam egg cartonful for $ 3 . Normally I would n’t buy Styrofoam , but these were a bargain , so I rationalized the leverage . ( Owning them would n’t touch off demand to a supplier . ) Having 50 egg cartons on hand meant that I had too much available entrepot . I did n’t take more testicle , but I ’d managed to squirrel away 84 of them .
I panicked . I had to disembarrass my life of the stash and commence over , so I did the stupidest affair imaginable : I threw them in the trash . It was the guilt I felt after throw out the eggs that forced me to check from the mistake and to find raw ways to organize eggs .
These days , plowing through eggs is easier than it used to be . My kids ’ appetites are self-aggrandising , and fried egg White are one of my most favorite foods . My onetime daughter , while still producing steady , are slowing down . With four up - and - coming layer in my flock , I ’m wind up my skillet for overstock !
Egg-Heavy Recipes
If you have too many egg , find out raw ways to train them . Scrambled egg make enceinte leftovers for the breakfast burritos my husband likes . Egg snowy omelets are my preferent meal for recuperate from hard workouts . ball - enceinte recipes , like pound sterling cake , are not bad for using supererogatory eggs , and they make great gifts , too — eggsandpound bar .
Frozen Eggs
If you ’re just getting start up with chicken , but you do n’t know what to do with all those egg , plan for the egg drouth of the frigid , dark , winter calendar month . shot , scramble , and freeze . Then , thaw them in the fridge when you ’re quick to use them . Freezing changes the consistence a slight . When stir the thawed ballock , they feel thick like gelatin , but they ’re utterly worthy for winter baking , and for any other preparation you might do with them . For bake purposes , 1/4cup of liquid egg equals 1 large egg .
Work Around Your Flock
The longer you keep chickens , the more you’re able to predict their productivity through each time of year . If freezing eggs is n’t for you , plan around your flock works very well , and that ’s what I do now .
From my older hen , I know that I wo n’t have eggs from December to March , just like I know I ca n’t get a impudent watermelon in April . add on the hen with luminosity can short-circuit the trouble , but I do n’t do it . That ’s just a personal preference .
My fryer are 13 weeks old and are due to bulge out pose 10 days before Christmas . In their first year , I can have a bun in the oven to get about six eggs per week from each . If they slow down through their first winter , January and February might be leaner egg months , but I wo n’t have to preserve every rare egg for special occasions , like natal day cake or a raging Sunday breakfast . Last winter , each egg was a golden - yolked treasure .
Gift Them
When we ’re raising chickens , we always have either too many nut or not enough . If nothing else , eat extra egg back to the flock ( scrambled ) or endue them to category , friends and neighbour .
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