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BY HILARY LEWIS
Special to the
Rappahannock News
These eggs weren’t delivered by the Easter bunny. Nor were they painted pastel green, blue, and yellow.
The multi-colored Easter eggs sold at Culpeper’s Food for Thought market are the product of a flock of South American hens, delicately hand-picked by a Rappahannock resident affectionately known as the “Easter egg lady".
Atop Bessie Bell Mountain in Boston, Va. Lanise Coats, along with husband Ernie, tend 25 Arucana hens, a strange breed of chicken known for several bizarre traits: dark green legs, ornate feathers - - and most importantly, laying odd-colored eggs.
“I picked the Arucanas because they are docile. They are really sweet. We’ve had chickens up here where they’ll come after you or something, but these don’t,” Coats said. “I also love the beauty of the eggs. They’re a little odd, so when you give them away, people remember them.”
Not that Coats is concerned about good-looking Easter eggs.
The retired psychiatric nurse said she appreciates the unusual egg colors, but seems more excited about cracking them open and serving them up at the dinner table.
“We wanted flesh eggs. When you fry them the yolks sit up and look around and are strong. The color is deep,” Coats said. “They taste really good and you’re eating very healthy.”
Coats started her collection of Arucanas one year ago, after her daughter went away to college. She. wanted to take up a new pastime that would allow her to connect with her mountain top neighbors.
“When my last child
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