We sell limited amounts of fresh eggs from our chickens usually during the spring and summer months. The unusually warm December weather is keeping our girls happy and egg production is up.
Here at Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC our chickens are raised on pasture. They are both happy and healthy. Their eggshells are thicker, whites whiter and the yolks are larger, firmer and a bright orange. (Don't try cooking a white cake with these eggs if you want the layers to be white.) Our Golden Comet hens have the opportunity to forage and interact with other animals throughout the farm. While foraging for grasses/seeds, grubs and insects, the chickens consume approximately 30 percent of their diet. They receive Vitamin D from the sun while getting protein from their "bug" diet. This free ranging reduces the need for supplemental feed and more importantly improves egg flavor. The remainder of their diet consists of locally purchased feed with no antibiotics, added hormones or animal by-products. Chickens also provide a much needed service on the farm - - they help control flies by eating fly larvae and also cultivate and fertilize the pastures. Each egg is washed individually and provided to you in recycled egg cartons.
Eggs are available in our farm store. Email or call ahead to check availability.
Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC
Germanton, NC 27019
336.969.5698
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