Q&A

A. Most of our eggs are collected nest-clean and will be fine for a couple weeks on the counter. However, we recommend refrigerating eggs for optimum freshness and quality.

A. Please use the provided contact form to request eggs. Once we receive your request, we will reach out to you via email or text to confirm availability and schedule an on-farm pickup time. During the summer we occasionally have a Saturday roadside stand, check the homepage for applicability.

A. We currently do not offer online payments. All payment will be in-person, when you come to pick up. We can accept cash, check and venmo.

A. For our hens (chicken and duck) pasture-raised means they have daily access to the outdoors and to clean native pasture. They benefit from sunshine, bugs and tender shoots, but how much feed they garner from forage depends on the season.

A. To keep prices affordable for local customers, Paragon Pastures utilizes conventional, nutritionally balanced poultry feed. This mainly consists of grains, legumes, vitamins and minerals. However, our hens have access to natural forage, which tremendously contributes to their health and the quality of their eggs. 

A. No, our eggs are not organic. To keep prices low for our customers we do not feed our hens an organic diet. However, we are committed to no antibiotics or hormones and we never use chemicals on the pastures where our hens forage.

A. Our free-range flock is composed of diverse breeds, including heritage birds. Each breed lays a different size and color egg, contributing to our colorful egg cartons.

A. Yes, we appreciate customers returning our cartons to keep the price of our eggs as low as possible, please make sure they are clean and dry. However, we cannot accept cartons from other producers or brands, for branding and sanitation reasons.