The chick’s in the mail

Here and there I’ll share something off-topic. Gotta keep things light now and then, right?

Backyard Chickens by Cool Tools →

We’ve been buying baby chicks by U.S. mail from Murray McMurray Hatchery for 30-plus years. We’ll get a call from the postmaster, sometimes a bit flustered, because there’s a box there with peeping chicks awaiting pick-up. We’ll go get them and set them up with a light and feed and water, and lo and behold in three months we’ll have laying hens. Minimum order is 25, so the chicks can warm each other in transit.

Absolutely nuts — I had no idea one could order live baby chicks in the mail.

Once you have your own fresh eggs, you’ll never want store eggs again.

They’re right. I’ve bought some from local farmer’s markets. The eggshells are usually thicker and they do indeed taste better, more natural for lack of a better word.

In Costa Rica when you go shopping the eggs are not refrigerated. You’ll see them stacked on top of each other in foam trays in aisles or even outside. Again, thicker egg shells is why they’re able to do it.

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