Uproar over eggs
Watching a recent news report that more than 500 million eggs recalled for potential salmonella contamination have been traced to two Iowa farms, Laurie Neader knew that’s one thing her family doesn’t have to worry about. For the last five or six years, the Neaders, who live along Mount Tom Road in Marietta Township, have been raising their own chickens and enjoying the benefits of fresh eggs every day. “We have about 15 layers now, and they provide about a dozen eggs a day,” Neader said. “And we keep them year-round.
“We started out just having some chicks for Easter, but our two kids (Brooke, 12, and Brett, 14) have joined 4-H and raise chickens for the county fair,” she said.
Neader said the family doesn’t sell their eggs, although they occasionally share them with friends. But she added that the chickens, and their eggs, are well cared for.
“If we don’t get eggs out of the nest the same day they’re laid, we give them to our cats or dogs – it’s good for their coats,” Neader said. “We always wash and dry the eggs we’ll use before we put them away, and I rotate the eggs in the refrigerator so we know which ones are the freshest.
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