A while ago, I made a go of being a butcher. I'm serious: I worked my way up. Started trimming chicken breasts, and can now break-down a whole deer from still-breathing to dinner-plate, with nothing but a sharp-knife and an afternoon. If it's already cold: I'll single-handedly slice-up a whole side of beef in to retail chops/roasts in less than half an hour— and I'll give ya the works, too: shit that Gordon Ramsey would pay top-dollar for.

All this to say: I've been around the block. Worked in farms, abattoirs, industrial, retail meat-cutting, and everything in-between. I know I'm making an appeal to authority, here. So if you have any questions: feel free to ask. But literally everything in that post is 100% correct and factually true. Save that pic and go back to it, for reference, if you plan on getting some good eggs.

I get mine from a local farm and they're amazing. The shell on factory produced eggs is so thin, these days, it almost feels like construction-paper that has a thin layer of wax in them to avoid it turning to mush. It's actually off-putting how frail those shells are, and the yolks are so pale it almost looks like the color of straw. A good egg will have a really hard shell and the yolk will be a deep orange.

The best you can do for your health is to buy food from local farmers. This is healthiest what you can obtain and also you support these poor working folks who are getting constantly fucked by government on daily basis.

Problem with raising chickens in the "ideal" set up they are describing (where they roam around without any confinement) is it only works for a short time before predators find out about it. I keep my chickens in movable tractors which while not huge, keep them safe from predators. It is a good compromise, I still get the good eggs and I don't have to go months where I don't have any chickens due to predators and having to wait for new chickens to get to laying age.

Rest of it I agree with, there is almost no reason to buy store eggs unless you are living in a city - you can generally find someone with chickens and they will gladly sell you eggs for a very reasonable price or barter. Heck I often just give my eggs away, if you raise chickens odds are you have more eggs than your family can ever eat.

Ah... A good post.

Never had someone explain to me why I wouldn't want antibiotic in my meat. Antibiotics are good for the meat and for me, so why shouldn't I eat it?

If your chicken stops producing eggs will it be a good chicken to eat or pet food quality?