My chickens cannot free range and must be kept in their pen. I try to give them green treats on occasion but they mainly eat the organic grower feed I buy for them (plus free choice oyster shell). They seem healthy and happy.
But their yolks really aren't any different to the store bought eggs I get. I thought backyard chicken eggs would have dark yellow yolks, and on occasion they have been fabulously dark (due perhaps to an increase in greens I've given them), but generally they aren't. What can I give them in their regular feed to make their yolks darker? I saw Cluck'n'Sea has a sea kelp product that says it produces dark yolks. Would this work? Being green I would think sea kelp it might.
I know free ranging and a very varied diet will do the trick. But my girls can't free range.
Thoughts?
But their yolks really aren't any different to the store bought eggs I get. I thought backyard chicken eggs would have dark yellow yolks, and on occasion they have been fabulously dark (due perhaps to an increase in greens I've given them), but generally they aren't. What can I give them in their regular feed to make their yolks darker? I saw Cluck'n'Sea has a sea kelp product that says it produces dark yolks. Would this work? Being green I would think sea kelp it might.
I know free ranging and a very varied diet will do the trick. But my girls can't free range.
Thoughts?