In mid-December, one of our 5 backyard chickens - either Koki, Gigi, Henrietta or Penelope (but not Flower because she's a little younger than the rest of the girls) - laid their very first egg. Now, months later, we get on average a few dozen a week. Not only does this lighten our pocket book a little since we no longer buy eggs, we actually sell a dozen or so a week, helping offset the cost of the organic chicken feed.
We all love our chickens, and they love us. But, they especially love their Mama: Danielle. They follow her all over the yard and love to snuggle with her. Our chickens do the funniest thing where they crouch down like they are laying an egg whenever you touch their backs. It's weird and sorta funny, but enables us to pet them. They live in a nice coop built from scratch by Pepe during his last visit in November of 2013, and they used to have a large backyard all to themselves. Now that the weather is slowly getting warmer and sunnier, Danielle cleared out our fenced-in side yard for them to run around in, plus she built a little coop away from coop. Essentially, we needed to keep them out of our garden, but also limit their endless pooping all over our back deck and stairs and in the yard.
And, to answer your question, yes, they do taste differently than store bought eggs: More delicious that is!!
Picture of Vienne helping her Pepe build the chicken coop:
