Chicken or the Egg?

Meet Cream, that laid these eggs for my breakfast today.

Glossy fresh eggs. Also free range!

A friend very kindly gave me half a dozen eggs from her hens. The difference between supermarket eggs and backyard hen eggs I noticed is that the shells of the latter are thicker. The shells are also glossier.

Gaz can't really taste any differently and neither could I. I doubt there is really any difference in taste, but people always think free range eggs taste better. 

When I was cooking them though, I can see the difference. Fresh yolks are firmer and the whites did not spread as much when broken into the pan. The yolks were a deeper orange. 

We also have the peace of mind knowing the eggs were from a healthy hen raised in a clean free environment. My friend's chickens eat rice, grass from her lawn, worms, and her vegetable patch. Happy hens, healthy eggs.