Sam Mertens
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What we do is they have a very spacious run. Actually, I've got a chicken cam up available on YouTube if you can see it.
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She's my favorite because we had a fox attack one year. Oh no. And we thought we'd lost Lacey. And then that evening, this bird came limping back to the coop to be let in. Lacey! She survived a fox attack.
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They are all within the week laid and available for $5. This is so exciting.
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In any event, these here are... That's like green. Yes. They are laid by Oliveggers.
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No, I certainly don't want to be, oh yeah, there's the guy who was selling eggs for 15 bucks a dozen.
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Today, I successfully delivered a dozen farm fresh eggs to a co-worker at HQ for $5.
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Okay, okay. I've paused the chickens. I can listen to any and all suggestions as long as you're fine with me saying no thank you. I think we are okay with that.
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I would be willing to do this again, but I expect demand to far exceed supplies. I'm sure I could jack up the price, but I'm not in the mood to price gouge. Any suggestions for a fair and equitable system? Okay.
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Hello. You have been selected as the person who most desires these.
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They are all going to have much stronger, eggier flavors than anything you get at the store. I don't know if that sounds good or not. If you don't like egg, you're not going to like these eggs.