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Post by karenbc on Sept 25, 2019 17:51:31 GMT
What do you all do to use up eggs when the hens go into overdrive? We bought 11 "new to us" Isa Brown hens, they are laying nigh onto 10 eggs a day.
Last evening I made quiche with pie crust bottoms. Did some up in lunch sizes for my son to take to work, some in pie pans. Going to freeze them all. Made all kinds of fillings, ham, bean base, bacon. So that used up 5 dozen eggs!
Still have lots of pickled eggs in the larder. And quite a few jars of dehydrated eggs.
Looking for ideas and recipes!
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Post by mzgarden on Sept 25, 2019 18:29:09 GMT
You've id'd a lot of my ideas already. I freeze them for use during the winter when ours take a break. Break 4 into a measuring cup, stir with a fork, pour into a locking bag, freeze flat and put all the flat bags in a big freezer bag.
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Post by vickilynn on Sept 25, 2019 18:50:01 GMT
noodles and angel food cake
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Post by AD in WNC on Sept 25, 2019 18:50:09 GMT
Pound cakes. Devilled eggs.
Run them thru an incubator and use the hatched chicks as meat chicken at 20 weeks.
And when you get really desperate, donate the eggs to a food bank or homeless shelter.
We no longer have chickens after we discovered that we really don't like eggs at every meal. Good Luck!!
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Post by shellymay on Sept 25, 2019 19:25:19 GMT
Hard boil them and feed them back to chickens, it is good for them and saves on feed bill.....you can scramble them and freeze them for chicken food in the winter, nothing like a nice warm meal in winter for them  Do you have a dog, hard boil and feed to dog. Sell to friends and neighbors and help pay for the chicken feed? |
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Post by countrymom22 on Sept 25, 2019 21:06:44 GMT
In addition to all the other good ideas you've gotten, I keep a dozen or two in the fridge hard boiled for quick snacks or to add to a salad or for quick egg salad sandwichs. I also, use my extras to barter with others like my chiropractor. Or my brother, he gives me venison and I give him eggs.
You can also freeze them in ice trays. One hole in the tray usually holds one egg. When frozen pop them out and put into a zip lock bag. Then you can thaw out as many as you need for winter time baking. That works well for us as I don't put lights on in my coop over the winter so our production really goes down.
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Post by Mari-in-IN on Sept 26, 2019 0:20:00 GMT
Local food pantry, family, friends, neighbors, boiled eggs for breakfast/snacks, egg salad, quiche...
~Mari
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Do you have a dog, hard boil and feed to dog. Sell to friends and neighbors and help pay for the chicken feed?
