Nutritional Eggs
Our main flock of laying hens consist of Brown Leghorns and Plymouth Rock Barred. We have recently added Rhode Island Reds and Dominiques that will be laying eggs in about a month. Our hens are fed a healthy diet of scratch grains and laying mash along with some free-range grazing.
Research shows that non-commercial eggs have lower cholesterol and more nutritional value. Also, despite all the bad press that eggs get, they are still considered the "perfect food". In fact, one egg contains almost all the nutrients necessary for life lacking only Vitamin C.
Our country eggs sell for $2.50 a dozen and are available in brown or white.
Eggs, the perfect food?
Eggs are commonly eaten at breakfast and are found as ingredients in lots of recipes. Eggs are very nutrient dense and energy dense with lots of vitamins, protein and fats. That makes sense when you think about how a fertilized egg has to feed a baby chick until it hatches. Of course the eggs you eat are not fertilized, but all of the nutrients are still present.
One egg contains over six grams of protein and several important nutrients, which is good. Unfortunately, one eggs also contains about 212 mg of cholesterol. Since the recommendation for cholesterol consumption is about 300 mg per day, the large amount of cholesterol in eggs may prevent many people from eating them.
The cholesterol in eggs really shouldn't scare you away completely. Most of the cholesterol in your body is made by your liver and the amount of cholesterol in your diet may not have as big an impact on your blood cholesterol as people once thought. In fact, you can eat one egg every day without harming your cholesterol and other blood-fat levels. That's really good news because eggs are very satisfying. Eating one egg as part of a healthy breakfast may help you lose weight by keeping you from getting hungry later in the morning.