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Im not saying you're wrong, but this doesnt make much sense to me, since most commercial feeds are mostly corn, and commercial egg laying operations feeds are corn based, I think.
Yes there is a lot of corn in commercial feeds but there is also a lot of soybean meal (bean meal) in...
Carotenoid (Beta carotene), and Xanthophyllboth are natural plant pigments. When hens are able to eat green plant material or yellow corn the beta carotene concentrates in the yolk making it dark, sometimes even orange.
Chris