Why our yolks look like that

Crack one of our eggs next to a supermarket egg and the difference is not subtle. Ours is orange, not yellow. The shell resists the edge of the bowl. The white holds together instead of running flat across the pan.

The colour is diet

Yolk colour comes from carotenoids, and carotenoids come from what the hen eats — grass, clover, weeds, and the bugs she finds while scratching through them. A hen indoors on a corn ration produces a pale yolk because there is nothing in the ration to colour it.

Ours are outside on pasture. That is the whole trick.

The shells are minerals

A thick shell is a well-fed hen. When people tell us our eggs are hard to crack, we take it as a compliment.

Collecting and pickup

Eggs are collected the morning of your pickup, not pulled from a stack in a cold room. They are not washed, which leaves the natural bloom intact — that is the coating that keeps an egg fresh. Give them a rinse just before you use them.

A dozen is $15. Call or text to reserve, and pick up any day between 8am and 8pm — just ring ahead so we know you are coming.