Homegrown Eggs Are Best

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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It’s chicken season! As the founders of Coop, Jordan Barnes and AJ Forsythe are avid chicken farmers, and they have eggs coming out of their ears. Listen to them discuss the differences between homegrown, farm fresh eggs and mass-produced eggs. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3JGT1sa Botanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3y1dEfX Book Collection Page: https://growepic.co/44sDxSf EG Homesteading Book: https://growepic.co/3Qt9UKE Learn More. 14 Ways Backyard Chicken Save Your Garden and the WorldConnect With Jordan Barnes:Jordan: Jordan is the co-founder and creative force behind Coop. She brings an unconventional wealth of expertise to the world of agtech, with Coop's mission to blend innovation with tradition, making high-tech farming both accessible and delightful. You can usually find her whipping up gourmet meals for her favorite hens, 4 Rhode Island Reds, with a spicy ranch water in hand.AJ Forsythe: AJ is the co-founder and original visionary behind coop, on a mission building the world's largest decentralized food production network. His journey from beekeeping to winemaking led to founding the world's largest on-demand repair and trade-in network, and earning a spot on Forbes 30 Under 30. His passion for chickens started accidentally when he rescued a chicken from a meat market in LA and brought it back to Cal Poly on the train. Instagram Website Shop the StoreAs an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Get Our BooksLooking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live!He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots.Preorder Kevin’s newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store.More ResourcesLooking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's chicken week yet again my friends. It is getting to the point in the season where I'm getting an egg a day from every single one of the epic hens which is actually too many.
0:21.0	So I'm giving them to family and friends wherever I can we have
0:24.8	Jordan and AJ on the show this week a double guest week they are the co-founders
0:30.5	of co-coop which is a smart chicken co. There's actually a whole lot more they're doing, but I figured maybe we just
0:36.2	start out guys with how were the hens? Laying.
0:40.3	Yeah. I'm crazy.
0:46.0	We're actually five houses down from each other right now. Our company houses are within, we're very start at be.
0:49.0	I have three hens at this house.
0:51.0	A.J has like 32 at his or something crazy.
0:54.0	About 25, too many. Oh my God. 32.
0:57.5	Eggs coming out of our ears.
0:59.0	Yeah.
1:00.0	So A.J. How many are you getting a day right now? It's like three dozen?
1:03.7	Yeah, around three dozen.
1:05.6	So average hen, as you know, like lays around 250 to 270 eggs a year.
1:11.5	And it's like super seasonal, but I'm getting way too many eggs like I'm I got a haircut this morning and I took eggs to my my hair stylist give her eggs I'm getting that many.
1:21.4	Yeah we have you know we've got a guy Paul who helps out around the garden and I'll send him
1:26.4	home probably once every two weeks with eggs and then I was just at a family party and I was like,
1:30.0	you get eggs, you get eggs, you get eggs.
1:31.9	And people actually, I mean, it's a gift that never gets
1:34.2	refused honestly everyone always appreciate it completely agree I know have you
1:39.0	gone through TSA with them I'm sure no I haven't what they don't care but it's always after I go through the line it's always a
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