Really liked the news about eggs. Tried to print it out but could not. Enjoy your work. Dave

I agree -- I only have a few hens but the friends who buy my extra eggs say they taste wonderfully "eggy" rather than bland like storebought.

I fully agree with this, but there is more to it, something missed by most. Grass and other greens is what puts the Omega-3 fatty acids in eggs, NOT the flax seed or similar additives. A quick course on O-3 fatty acids: ALA, alpha linolenic acid, is the most abundant Omega-3 fatty acid in nature and occurs in everything green, grass, leaves etc., since it is necessary for photosynthesis. Animals who eat these greens, like grass fed cattle or free ranging chickens, convert the ALA into EPA (eicosaenoic acid) and DHA (decahexaenoic acid), which are the Omega-3's we as humans are most in need of. This is why free range eggs and grass fed beef are health foods. The so-called Omega 3 eggs sold in stores may or may not be that high in EPA and DHA. The chickens are fed flax seed and I don't know if they convert this into EPA and DHA. Letting them run free in pasture is much more effective and adds nothing to the cost.

A friend of mine has a brother with terrible diabetes, and high cholesterol. Well he burned his foot very badly, had surgery to have a graft put on his foot. The doctor told him to eat all the lean protein he could find. He ate my chickens eggs morning, noon and night. About 4 dozen a week, he was raised on a farm, and hard boiled eggs are a favorite. The surgeon couldnt believe how rapidly he healed and his cholesterol dropped about 60 points. The hens roam 4 acres with horses and goats. Eggs are supposed to make your cholesterol go up, just goes to show, let the girls roam like theyre supposed to and theyll take care of the rest.