Eggcellent

Yup, those are REAL eggs!!! (pic by  Hannah Coffey)

There is nothing like a farm fresh egg.

I'm not talking about the eggs you get from the grocery store that say they're farm fresh. I'm talking about eggs that were laid and gathered within a couple of days of eating them. I'm talking about eggs whose yolks are so yellow they are actually orange. I'm talking about green, blue, brown, tan, ecru, white, jumbo, tiny and medium sized eggs.

A friend with more chickens than I have shoes (and that's saying something) has been supplying me on and off for the past two years with addictively delicious eggs from her hens and is trying to talk me into taking a few off her hands. She has bantams, whose plumes should be on every hat.

She had a bantam rooster, Mr. Saturday Night. He was gorgeous. Strutted around the yard around her house like he owned the place. When I went to visit once, he pecked my heel when I turned my head for a second. One second. Apparently, Mr. Saturday Night pecked one too many times at the humans around him. Word is, he was as delicious as he was beautiful.

My friend says a few hens would take care of my slug problem in the vegetable garden. She would even build me a coop with a solar panel door for the nights when I'm working late. My response was, "What happens if the chickens don't go into the coop at dusk?" Luckily, there's plenty of cover in the brush at the back of the yard.

Not sure I'm ready for chickens, but I am definitely ready to eat more of these eggs for breakfast tomorrow!