Egg cartons

[redcolumbine.livejournal.com]

I eat eggs, and just recycle the cartons, but if any of you need them for, like, you know, eggs, I'd be happy to save them for you, this being a Chicken-Friendly Zone.

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[42itous.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that the chicken farmers at the farmers' market will happily accept your used cartons at the beginning of the summer, but in the fall they're less enthusiastic about that. :)

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

Do their breed of chickens lay eggs all year? If so, what do they do with the eggs when there's no farmer's markets?

[zard.livejournal.com]

Generally chickens lay fewer eggs when there is less daylight. Some farmers artificially increase egg production with indoor lighting. In general, though, they need cartons more in the summer.

[42itous.livejournal.com]

I got the feeling that there are a plethora of people like me who save their cartons all winter and bring them to the farmers' market in June, resulting in an oversupply for the farmers.

I also wonder whether they sell their winter eggs to small grocery stores, which perhaps require a stricter adherence to some policy concerning cartons (they must be new? they must have the correct farmer's information printed on them?)

[jadelennox]

The Blue Heron people say they use them for seed starters as well as eggs.

[pakoo.livejournal.com]

You can also put one in your top drawer for a handy earring sorter ;)