Our Truly Outdoors pasture-raised eggs are available farm fresh at our farm store in Ramona and at a variety of grocery stores in San Diego county, Orange County and Los Angeles county, California.

You can find the stores near you that are currently stocking our eggs with our store locator.

Find our eggs being served up to order at these locations:

Helathy Creations

Nectrine Grove

Lofty Coffee

These ladies get to actually roam free throughout the day and are able to enjoy natural vegetation, bugs, and sunbathing in the lush pastures, fields, or hillsides. They are provided not only an organic diet but also and organic lifestyle that mimics that of their natural habitat while maintaining the sustainability of the environment.

So here is some food for thought; if we all take a look at the “we are what we eat” campaign, then maybe it’s not just what we eat, but also what we eat, eats.

On to our happy-hens diet and the nutrient density of their beautiful eggs.  In addition to the natural vegetation along with oats and barley we plant every year, our ladies also have the option to the highest quality, ALWAYS Organic, 100% Corn & Soy FREE feed.

All the ladies also have the joy of foraging the land and pastures, getting to consume the natural vegetation and barley in the pastures along with whatever bugs they find.
You’re probably thinking, “EWW GROSS!!!  I don’t want to eat bugs!!!”  But the truth is, that it is totally natural for chickens.  In fact, bugs are a major source of protein and the secret to good healthy egg layers is a lot of protein.

The flavor, color, and texture are made distinctive by high amounts of vitamin A, D, E, K-2, B-12 making them a true superfood.

Mother Earth News conducted an egg testing project in 2007 and discovered that eggs produced by truly free-ranging(pasture-raised) hens were far superior to those produced by battery caged hens. The study involved 14 flocks across the United States whose eggs were tested by an accredited Portland, Oregon, laboratory.

They found that the benefits of pasture raised eggs include:

• 1/3 less cholesterol
• 1/4 less saturated fat
• 5 times more vitamin D
• 2/3 more vitamin A
• 2 times more omega-3 fatty acids
• 3 times more vitamin E
• 7 times more beta carotene

They also found that eggs from hens raised outdoors on pasture have from three to six times more vitamin D than eggs from hens raised in confinement. Pastured hens are exposed to direct sunlight, which their bodies convert to vitamin D and then pass on to their eggs. Eating just two of these eggs will give you from 63-126% of the recommended daily intake of vitamin D!

Approximately 12.5% eggs are fertilized with roosters present. We generally have around 50 roosters and the average breeding statistic is 1 rooster per ten hens.  

Egg color is dependent on what the chicken eats that day.  Since our hens have the freedom to forage throughout the field or just hangout at the barn and eat the fresh grains we provide,  there is a large variance in our yolk colors on a daily basis.   Since our hens are truly outdoor 365 days per year, their yolk color will vary with the seasons.   Summer and fall our yolk colors are lighter and their consistency is more liquid and less dense.   Winter and spring the egg color is richer and the yolk tends to be more gelatinous and firm. You can read more about yolk color here.

In the winter and early spring some of our eggs tend to have a firmer or gelatinous egg yolk. Don’t be alarmed, there is nothing wrong with the yolk! Some of our hens drink less water when the temperatures are a little cooler.  At the same time they eat the new fresh green grass sprouts of the season. The combination of these two things create a dark orange thick almost jello like yolk. It is a beautiful, rich, nutritionally dense superfood. Eat and enjoy!

Our chickens are crosses with standard heritage breeds, including Rhode Island crosses, Americana crosses, and Delaware crosses.

While roosters don’t lay eggs, they do play a vital role in our flocks. Roosters help to keep the peace in the pecking order and call the hens when they find especially tasty treats. Roosters also protect the flock from overhead and ground-based predators.

On average 400-600 chickens live in each of our mobile coops.

Absolutely not.  Hens need their beautiful sharp beaks to hunt and catch bugs.

Our hens primarily eat native grasses and bugs while out on pasture all day long, but we also supplement their diet with a nutritious mix of non-GMO organic grains and alfalfa. Our chickens get a 100% corn-free and soy-free diet. Read more about what our Happy Hens eat.

Chickens are omnivores by nature. Our Happy Hens do like grass but given the choice between a blade of grass or a juicy worm, I would place my bet on the worm. A hen spends most of her day searching the field for bugs.

Each hen lays approximately 1 egg every 26 Hours.

Wait under the barn or inside the barn until there is a break in the rain. The minute the rain stops, they run outside in order to catch all the worms that the rain water has pushed out of the ground. If more rain comes they run back. This repeats all day and is very entertaining to watch when there are scattered showers.

It Lets the hen perform its natural instincts. We stuff a large chunk of messy hay into a box and an hour later the hens have weaved and transformed each box into a beautiful, cozy nest. All while waiting to lay their egg.

We do provide 16 hours of light inside their barns.   The lighting encourages all the birds to come inside the barn at night and perch. Hens, like people, like to stay up after dark, so the added light ensures they all get perched up and out of harm’s way before bed time.

Nope. Never. No way.

When it is time for our hens to leave the farm, some are sent to a USDA Facility and processed as stew hens. They make amazing broth.

We only sell the hens when their egg production gets too low.