ChattyCathy wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:02:15 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
> > The price of regular large white eggs at the grocery store wasn't too
> > bad; $1.89/doz. *The "organic" white eggs - $3.59/dozen! and the brown
> > ones were 10 cents higher. *Ridiculous! *IIRC the only different between
> > white eggs and brown ones are the feathers on the hens that lay them.
>
> Heh. Wouldn't have put it quite that way, but IME the color of the egg
> shell makes no difference to the quality/taste of the eggs. FWIW, I have
> one old hen that lays white eggs... I also have 14 younger hens (different
> breed) that lay brown eggs... All their eggs taste great - and they all
> have the same feathers...
>
> Unfortunately, they haven't come up with a way to email eggs, or you would
> be welcome to as many free range eggs as you could (probably) eat - for
> nothing ;-)


My mom was the postmaster (mistress?) in the tiny rural country
Illinois town I grew up in...around this time of year cardboard boxes
of little peeping chicks would be delivered to the folks around who
grew chickens...

I always wondered how they fared on their journey from the poultry -
hatching places in Iowa or wherever...

This was in the 60's...I wonder if chicks are still delivered to
people in that manner...



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Best
Greg