Layer Hens

We have hundreds of beautiful free-ranging hens that live on lush green pastures in the Spring, Summer, and Fall and provide us (and you!) with wonderful, fresh, and very tasty eggs. Our birds enjoy all the freedoms a chicken should have - the ability to flap their wings and roam as they please, take dust baths, graze on green forage, and relax in the shade or sun.

The hens have access to large "henmobiles," which provide them with cover from the weather and contain their water systems and nest boxes to lay eggs. The eggs are collected daily and brought to our specially designed egg washing room where they are gently washed with warm water heated by the sun, then hand packed into recycled cartons. We use no harsh chemicals during the washing process, just warm water and a little elbow grease!

Hens raised on pasture graze on large amounts of forage, and it’s the chlorophyll in the eggs that creates a naturally deep orange-colored yolk that is both nutrient-dense and oh-so tasty!

During the harsh New England winter the birds live in a large greenhouse where they enjoy the warmer temperatures and clean sunshine.  Just as with our meat birds, the chickens are fed a diet of vegetarian grains from Green Mountain Feeds — a certified organic feed company located in Vermont. Occasionally we feed the birds alfalfa, kelp for minerals, oyster shells for hard egg shells, a probiotic to help them maintain a healthy gut and we also feed them grit (granite bits) to assist their digestion. 

Our Eggs

Visit our self-serve Farm Store to purchase our eggs!

Our growing list of partners that retail or serve our eggs include :

• Hutchins Farm, Concord, seasonally

• Barrett's Mill Farm, Concord, seasonally

• Walden Woods Farm, Concord, seasonally

• Newton Community Farm, Newton, seasonally

Our eggs are not graded or sized with shell color varying from light brown to dark chocolate brown. While each carton contains a mixture of sizes, the total weight always equals at least what a normal "large" carton would weigh. The eggs are beautiful inside and out and will no doubt be the best you've ever tasted. For a short time in spring, we sell pullet eggs from our newly laying (young) hens which are their very first eggs and are quite small, but mighty tasty!