Well, due to my having to get rid of my ducks I was forced to buy chicken eggs at the grocery. I knew as soon as I cracked one it was going to be dismal. The yolk was small and pale yellow, not the large dark almost orange I had become accustomed to.
Even with hearty sides of thick slab bacon and cheesy, buttery, salt & peppery, a bit of bacon greasy grits the eggs sucked! They were more like scrambled wood pulp than anything else I can think of.
I've seen posted online some home grown chicken eggs about 10 miles from here but they're $3.50 a dozen. I think the grocery store has "free range" eggs for less than that. Maybe I'll try to locate the folks with the rooster I hear crowing and see if A#1 they've managed to get a permit (and how) and B#2 if they will sell a few "cackle berries".
Fresh duck eggs vs. store bought chicken (factory laid) eggs is like home grown tomatoes vs. those grown in hot houses or halfway around the world, shipped green and ripened on the grocer's produce shelf.
Once you've tasted the real McCoy the mass produced crap has absolutely zero taste appeal whatsoever.
Perhaps my idea of raising Pharaoh quail could be a workable "Plan B" for fresh eggs. The little birds make no real noise and would be kept in raised enclosures so any smell would be minimal. The only drawback would be is that it would take at least a dozen and a half eggs to make a meal!
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