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Brand Name World's Best Eggs
Rating (5)    
Company World's Best Eggs
Location Elgin, TX
Market Area Texas (Whole Foods Market) occasionally Southwest and Rocky Mountain region Whole Foods Markets
Web Site http://www.coyotecreekfarm.org
Worlds Best Eggs
 
World's Best Eggs

They write:

We produce our eggs here at Coyote Creek Farm, a ninety acre organic farm near Elgin, Texas. We have from 2,500 to 4,500 hens living on 70 acres of organic pastures. We are in a warm climate so the hens are outside other than at night when we shut them in their houses for protection from night predators. They eat bugs, grubs, grasshoppers and micro-orthopods to satisfy their natural need for animal protein. In addition we feed them a balanced organic ration that we grind for them fresh daily with our own feed mill, Coyote Creek Organic Feed Mill.

Our organic pastures are sprayed with Compost Tea several times a year to keep our soils in peak health condition to produce more nutrient dense grasses for the hens to graze. The fresh air makes for optimal living conditions and the sunshine adds much more vitamin-D to our eggs. When the pasture grasses are low in the winter months we supplement the grazing with alfalfa hay. These are true “back-yard chickens,” the kind your grandparents and great grandparents raised for eggs.


Criteria Points Comments
Organic Certifying Agent 100 Texas Department of Agriculture
Ownership Structure 100 family farm
Egg Supply 100 Single family farm
Disclosure 100 full and open
Commitment to Organics 100 organic
Single or Double Henhouses 100 single
Outdoor Space 100 400 sq. ft. per bird
Exit to the Outside 100 Birds kept on rotated pasture
Outdoor Space Exemptions 100 year round access
Outdoor Opportunity for all Birds 100 yes
Outdoor Rotation 100 rotated pasture (every 4-6 weeks)
Outdoor Vegetation 100 rotated pasture with mobile housing
Indoor Space 60 0.5 sq. ft. per bird
Indoor Enrichment 100 perches, ash baths
Natural Light 100 birds have access to natural light outdoors
Pasture Shared with Other Animals 100 pasture shared with dairy cows
Manure Handling System 100 used on-farm
Feed - Any Produced on farm 90 some feed is produced on farm; hens acquire some nutrition from pasture
Replacement Stock 100 raise own pullets
Laying Hen Lifespan 90 3 years or more
Beak Trimming 100 no beak trimming
Farm Support 100 Farmer-owners live/work on site
TOTAL (possible score is 2200) 2140 FIVE EGGS (Exemplary)