hunting for eggs

Since my last post, I've been on a quest for eggs from locally raised chickens.  I went online and found a farm near me.  The website features "A Family of Farmers", "Three Generations" of chicken farmers, and a picture of a father and son next to a John Deere tractor.  Perfect!  I was more than a little disappointed when I arrived at the address and saw this:

This is no small farm.  In fact, I saw their eggs sold at Sprouts.  This is the farm-fresh egg stand, which is located in front of a large transportation and egg-storage facility.  Inside is a counter where you walk up and order eggs.  There was a large selection, but they didn’t have the orange or dark yolk eggs I wanted to try.  So, I just ordered what everyone else was getting.

20 jumbo brown eggs for $4.20

I took some pictures, but haven’t had time to write a methodical side-by-side comparison since I’m always rushing out the door in the morning.  

I don’t think the eggs tasted much different.  As suggested by a commenter on my previous post, commercially produced eggs from a large-scale producer probably won’t have much of a difference, even if they are called organic.

I've already forgotten which is which. 

No matter, I've moved on to better things ...

Today I hit the jackpot!  I went to visit my friend, who owns 6 chickens and raises them in a coop in her backyard.  Will post pictures soon.