Just heard another bit of advice from a grandfather while picking up my kid from school. He told me that....
Brown eggs have a stronger or more richer flavor than white eggs
edited to add... although it could be partly true as some brown egg layers carry a gene that can "taint" the flavor of...
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, I agree with you there. I've seen my momma hens strip whole oats off the stalk and feed them to their chicks that are only a few day's old. The chicks grew really fast eating all that whole grain in addition to starter I had available. Of course I was told that chicks can ONLY eat...
Advice I had this summer from other chicken "breeders"
Round eggs = pullets
Pointy eggs= roos
Young roos used for breeding will give you more pullets
Older roos used for breeding will give you more cockerels
Try adjusting your incubator temps so you hatch out more pullets
Green/blue eggs are...