You can have Green Eggs and Ham
It was a typical slow-to-start school day. Suddenly there was an explosion of excitement. The burst of enthusiasm was about breakfast.
“Green eggs! I love the green eggs!” Â
As the egg carton creaked open my daughter caught sight of a glint of green. Some pale green eggs nestled next to brown eggs in the latest dozen from our local farmer.
The truth is eggs in the green shell taste the same as ones in brown shells. Egg shell color is determined by breed.Â
This Americana chicken is the green egg layer
But if you want to talk taste, then that’s more about what a chicken eats. Any guess as to what a chicken eats?
They prefer a wide variety. Of course they’ll eat some type of feed if that’s what the farmer is offering. But if they get the chance they eagerly gravitate toward grass, seeds, insects and worms. In fact, the latter goes a long way to making the eggs not only taste better, but they are healthier to eat. Eggs from these layers have more heart-healthy omega-3s.Â
Chickens living with Lynn Bliven at Wild Geese Farms in Franklinville, N.Y., have a healthy lifestyle – they get to be chickens running around like chickens do. When they eat feed it’s certified natural and, weather permitting, they forage the farmyard.  That scurrying around scouting for food also ensures that they get proper exercise.Â
But let’s get back to the fun of eating eggs from the farm. Shell colors are cool, but there are other thrills. Cracking open an egg and finding a double yolk is like finding the prize in the Cracker Jack box. Eggs come in all sizes, too. If you do a lot of baking with eggs these conversions for egg size from Better Homes and Gardens may help. But given a choice between a dozen large eggs (like everyone gets) or a dozen small peewee eggs, the kids will pick the peewees every time.Â
Every time, except when it isn’t time.Â
Sadly we’ve found That green eggs (or any other eggs) are not always around. A Chicken’s not a machine. And at times in the year it’ll run out of steam. But such in the cycle and it’s good to know. That a chicken can’t continuously just go, go, go.
But most of the time we have eggs by the dozens. Plenty enough for aunts, uncles and cousins.
So, Sam I am not, but a Dr. Seuss morning we’ve got. Because it’s always a grand slam. When we have fried green eggs and ham.















