Lately, my friend Sarah has been supplying us with eggs from the horse farm where she rides (they're not commercially available, I think the family just happens to have extras right now). Look--the ones in the front are greenish-blue! What's for breakfast this weekend? Local eggs that are only a few days old, some nitrite-free uncured bacon from Chestnut Farms, and homemade potato bread (made with potatoes left-over from my winter vegetable share at Drumlin Farm).I've been noticing lately that backyard chicken-raising seems to be on the rise. Driving around, I see an increasing number of signs at the end of residential driveways announcing eggs for sale. The chickens laying these eggs are certainly living happier lives than those raised by large-scale egg producers. I'm actually considering it myself, but first I'll need to make sure I have a chicken babysitter lined up for when I go away on vacation. Anyone know of one?
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