Pine Hill Egg Ranch

The people who work here are always friendly. I am not a crazy egg fanatic, but my boyfriend is. We come here every couple of months to get a flat of fresh eggs. He loves his eggs!
This place is no-​frills, super quaint with the charm of a oversized lemonade stand. We paid $ 9 for a flat of the super jumbo eggs. I come here to make the bf happy. I will whip up some scrambled eggs with these bad boys & the consistency of the eggs is totally different.
What’s cool too is that you can leave fresh eggs out on the counter for up to a month & it doesn’t affect them at all.
Fresh eggs +more space in the fridge= win win.

I am a BIG fan of Fresheggs, and Pine Hill Egg Ranch is a must visit for picking up a dozen or two of some of the tasty eggs around. And its true, once you go fresh, you never go back.

I came here about 7 years ago and I still remember the eggs that I bought from this little egg stand. We were passing by to go to Julien and a friend had recommended this egg shack. I thought, might as well right?
I was a little concerned because they didn’t refrigerate the eggs but I later found that this is very normal for those living around the world. Most people don’t refrigerate their eggs. I remember that the shop was super cute and they had several cartons of eggs — sold based on the different sizes.
I can’t remember very much from this experience but what I do remember were the taste of the eggs. I have never had better eggs since then. The texture and flavor was so rich. I was skeptical about buying farm fresh eggs before because I thought, how different can they be from store bought, but not these eggs. They were firm and tasted so much better. There were a couple of eggs that had double yolk inside.
I’ve been to different farms since visiting this egg stand but nothing has compared to the delicious tasty morsels that I had from here. In fact, I’ve been raising my own chickens and the flavor still doesn’t compare to the eggs that I tried here.

I don’t know if the people reviewing are jealous or just miserable. These eggs are delicious, huge and super fresh. Worth every penny. We come here once a year on our way home from our annual Julian trip each fall. Not like other egg ranches, this family is open 7 days a week until the evening! Our local egg ranches are open only on weekends and until 10am-​noon. People who commented that it’s «small» or «nothing fancy,» no kidding!!! It’s an egg ranch not a gift shop!

Super fresh eggs, super cheap. Worth a quick drive out into the country and the quality and freshness will definitely impact however you use them.

There’s a drive-​thru! But, we opt to go inside this small cottage. It will probably just accommodate about 7 people comfortably. We like getting the double yolked – people we know always appreciate it when we bring them those in flats. Nice quaint gift. Having said that, the place is really just an egg store. Nothing really fancy.

Happy chickens lay fantastic eggs, the eggs at pher are the greatest. Thanx pher for the great service and the freshest eggs.

Talked to one of the owners, Andrew Demler, who was very responsive to the neighbors of one of his ranches. Living next to an egg ranch has some problems that Andrew is willing to address. Good businessman!

Came here with the hubby one day since we were up in the area and the customer service was just horrible. The elderly woman was just very rude and very unprofessional. Will not be returning here again. Oh and as far the eggs, nothing special about them what-​so-​ever.

We stopped by on our way back from Julian and got a dozen, wished we’d gotten more! I really didn’t expect such delicious eggs. I had some fresh eggs from a friend who has chickens and I did a side by side comparison and was very surprised to find Pine Hill’s eggs superior. I was shocked to read the one star review regarding animal cruelty so I checked on it and this is what I found:
After the ranch owners viewed the video, they issued this statement:
«Pine Hill Egg Ranch contracted a third party service company to euthanize the hens. This third party company was repeatedly advised on the legal standard of euthanization. The crew member depicted in the video was acting directly against Pine Hill Egg Ranch policy and his third party company management. This crew member will not be allowed to perform services for Pine Hill Egg Ranch at any time in the future. Pine Hill Egg Ranch is outraged to find out its hens were mistreated by this crew member. Pine Hill Egg Ranch has a zero tolerance policy for animal cruelty in its operations.»
I hope this is true.

Home of the triple yoke jumbos!

The second stop of my Northeast San Diego adventure brought us to Pine Hill Egg Ranch. PHER has 1.7 million chickens and it sure smells like it! With that many chickens, PHER supplies their onsite stand/​drive-​thru and stores i.e. Costco with their fantastic eggs.
Our group came out with 120 eggs that were packed the day before and good for nearly a month. They have them sold room temperature, which is how they should be stored. I couldn’t tell the difference when I cooked them scrambled, but they tasted great boiled.
If you’re on your way to Santa Ysabel or Julian, make sure you stop by and grab some damn good eggs.

It’s no worse and no better than regular super market eggs. I’ve had fresh eggs because my brother used to have chickens, and these didn’t have the hallmark of fresh gathered eggs.
In eggs gathered that day, the whites are thick and can even be cloudy. The yolk is very yellow. The yolk tastes creamy. These didn’t have the hallmarks of super fresh eggs that I had grown accustomed to.
I had been so excited to get these eggs. I had even taken a cooler to keep them fresh. I bought 4 dozen. Again, these aren’t worse than super market eggs. They just aren’t any better.

The eggs from Pine Hill are delicious; very fresh! I tend to get the biggest ones, as they are almost always double-​yolked and it never fails to surprise me. The yolks are so rich with minerals they are nearly orange, and the texture makes for a rich and delicious omelette. Finding Pine Hill is one of the continuing joys of living in Ramona!

I was told I HAD to get eggs here, I didn’t know what the big deal was, after all, eggs are eggs. Boy was I wrong! I took home a dozen jumbo eggs and a flat of xlarge eggs. This morning I cooked up some jumbo eggs and they were like nothing I had ever eaten. That must be the «fresh» that I keep hearing about. I don’t even know how to explain the difference in a grocery store egg and what I just ate. They cooked up beautifully, they were rich and fluffy, and just amazing!
The lady working there (not sure if she own the joint) was hilarious. They also have a drive thru if you don’t want to get out of the car.

Eggs could not be any fresher! I got them on tusday day 61. They were layed that yesterday!
The number is the day number they were layed so day 60 is march 1
AA large 30 count $ 5.00
AA extra large 30 count $ 5.50
A jumbo 20 count $ 5. 25
Tax included