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Collecting All eggs are collected three times a day and are counted and sent for processing in trays. Eggs are separated into floor, dirty, clean, broken and unusually shaped or “weird”. Most eggs are already clean thanks to our improved rollaway and can no longer be reached and pecked by the chickens. Back To Top

Washing Any dirty eggs are cleaned in a special MAF approved egg washer kept at egg temperature to prevent dirt from penetrating the shell. Back To Top

Quality Control All eggs are thoroughly checked for cracks. Small eggs (50g and under) are removed from those shipped to the supplier and given to charity. Any unattractive eggs are also removed as well as overly large eggs that can reach sizes of 120g each! Back To Top

Packing Eggs are packed in boxes of six. Then thirty small boxes to one large box. We are producing around twenty-five boxes a week of eggs (that around 4500 eggs) and a dramatic increase is about to incur from our latest shed. Eggs are individually date stamped and given the stamp of approval on departure. Back To Top

Distribution Once our eggs go to our local distributor they are then shipped to Auckland and distributed around the country, excess eggs are exported to Hong Kong and Singapore. Our flock supplies around 7% of all free range organic eggs available on the New Zealand market today. Back To Top

Collecting