The Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay has since become a site of spiritual and cultural pilgrimage for Christians and non-believers from all over the world, so much so that in 1972, UNESCO classified them both as a world heritage site.

Thus the Abbey of the Mont-Saint-Michel was built, and over the coming centuries a village grew up around it. Legend has it that in 708, the Archangel Saint-Michel appeared before Bishop Aubert and commanded that a sanctuary be built on Mount Tombe, an island in the middle of the bay that saw some of the highest tides in the world. It seems almost unbelievable how such a simple act as raising a flock of laying hens in your backyard can produce a food that has so much health to offer! I grow lots of vegetables and greens and herbs, but being able to also harvest a great and healthy source of protein and fat from my backyard in the form of eggs, really makes me feel self-sufficient.A thousand years of history, faith, and talent have shaped the Mont-Saint-Michel, the ‘Wonder of the West’. The fats in egg yolks have similar properties to the fats in fish, and remember fish is brain-food! One of the important functions of the fats present in yolks is that they feed and nourish the brain. The yolk may have more fat in it than the white, but if the egg was laid by a backyard hen, the types of fats the yolk contains are good and healthy fats and are hard to find in our current foods. Eggs are a whole and perfect food, and the yolk contains most of the nutrients. When preparing your own backyard eggs, do not feel compelled to throw away the yolk and use only the whites. Backyard eggs also have 4 to 6 times more of the very important nutrient, vitamin D, than conventional, commercially raised eggs! And all the nutrients in backyard eggs are in a perfectly balanced state for humans to metabolize and use them fully and correctly.Įggs from backyard flocks also have been shown to be much lower in cholesterol and have a better balance of saturated fats than conventional commercially raised eggs. Eggs from backyard flocks are much higher in omega 3 fatty acids, higher in vitamin E, higher in vitamin A, and higher in antioxidants like beta-carotene. There have been many tests and studies done recently comparing the nutrient levels in eggs from pasture-raised or backyard chickens with the eggs from conventional, commercial operations. It is this natural way of being – getting sunshine and exercise and a varied diet – that makes truly healthy chickens and thus lets them lay fully healthy and complete eggs just as nature intended.

Backyard chickens spend their time doing things that chickens love to do: they eat lots of grass and greens, scratch the earth, take dust baths, run and flap around, and search through the grass and scrubs for insects.

This difference is because backyard chickens live a much more natural lifestyle than almost all commercial egg production chickens. But it is more than freshness that makes the eggs so wonderful… The yolks are bright, orangey yellow, the texture of the yolk and white is springy, and they are sweet and fully egg-flavored. So I started raising my own hens, and after the first breakfast of scrambled eggs made with eggs from my own backyard flock, I was hooked forever!Įggs from your backyard flock are super fresh. I remembered eggs from my great-grandmother’s farm and nothing seemed to compare. When produced in your backyard, eggs are a perfectly balanced and super healthy food! One of the reasons I started raising hens was because I couldn’t find the eggs I wanted in the grocery store.

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