Maremma dogs are an integral part our business. We couldn't operate as a true free range farm without them. Each flock has its own dog as protection from foxes and

wedge tailed eagles. And there are always a couple who just poke around the place day and night looking for anything suspicious. We don't even have to lock the hens up at night because the dogs are always patrolling--on the lookout for interlopers!  Until we bought our first dogs we always had to make sure we were home before dusk every day to lock the hens in their sheds but with the dogs constantly patrolling, we can stay out till all hours (if only). Our Maremmas really are just as important as the hens!

When only the best will do
Our eggs form a central part of the cuisine of some of the best restaurants, guest houses and B&B's in the area, As well Glen Isla House our eggs are used at Harry's on the Esplanade, Cowes  and Caldermeade Farm.
We supply caterers with top quality eggs on trays or in cartons.
Retail outlets are supplied with 60 gm, 65 gm or 70 gm eggs and our home delivery and market customers are able to choose from a wider range from 50 gm to 100 gm eggs. Our Megga eggs are always first to sell out at the farmers' markets. For short periods when new flocks come into lay, we offer pullets eggs at markets--and these are greeted with delight particularly by families with young children. We don't charge extra for home deliveries, as long as we have sufficient regular orders in an area to justify a delivery run. Currently we deliver all over Phillip Island as well as the townships of Coronet Bay, Corinella, Grantville, Pioneer Bay, The Gurdies, outer eastern Melbourne suburbs such as Pakenham, Berwick and Cranbourne as well as townships like Koo Wee Rup and Cockatoo.

Check that your supplier has a Food Safety Program

Signs for 'free range eggs' can be seen on any highway and literally millions of eggs are sold by bodgy traders. Just about every market in Australia has stallholders who claim they are selling free range eggs. To protect the health of your family, ask to see the egg seller's Food Safety Program. It's like having a drivers licence, it is a requirement to have it on hand when selling food at a market. If the seller looks at you blankly you can be sure that the eggs are probably not safe to eat, and it's a  safe assumption that the eggs are not really free range. All eggs must be sold in new cartons carrying the name and address of the egg business, stamped with a best before date and carrying a nutrition panel. If you are offered eggs in second hand cartons it's in your interests to report the offender to your Council Health Officer.

Phil  with a 140 gram egg--the biggest egg laid on the freeranger egg farm.

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