Right off the bat I’d like to state that this post is not designed to be controversial. Given the ruffled feathers of the last egg article posted on Buffalo Rising, I feel compelled to state my intentions up front.
Blossom Hill Farm, known mostly for its pork, also raises other animals naturally and humanely. They breed lowline angus beef, lamb and chicken. And with chickens, come eggs (pauses, looks around tentatively). Last year’s Adopt-A-Chicken program was so successful they sold out. This year, young Madelyn Rose, the Drajem family's eldest, will be heading the program; which is far more responsibility than the chore of dusting I was assigned to at age 7.
The Adopt-A-Chicken program is essentially a subscription. You pay up front and in return get a dozen natural brown eggs from a local farm and an adoption certificate. You even get to name your chicken. Eggs can be picked up weekly at the Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market.
The egg ‘season’ lasts from June 22nd through November 30th, 24 weeks total. At the end of the season you get a whole soup chicken. Soup chickens are older birds that taste best when simmered low and slow.
If a dozen eggs each week is too much, I suggest you take up baking, or split the eggs with a neighbor alternating weeks and sharing the cost. Adopting a Blossom Hill chicken costs $72 for the season a savings of $.50 per dozen. Fill out an application and return it to the Winter Market on Elmwood now or the Elmwood-Bidwell Market in a few more weeks.