Am I deficient or what?

[cottagechick]

I saw on a another thread someone say that it depends on what you feed them? I haven't asked for clarification on that yet. Does anyone know if you can feed them different things to alter the taste?

 

[rjlanger2]

If you want organic feed (costs twice as much) you can try H and H Organic. I have no doubt it's better - - I can't justify the cost. The breeder I got my girls from swears by it. I did use the organic feed for my newbies for the first few months, but have since switched them to Layena.

The food they eat does make a difference.

 

[Momagain1]

I have yet to eat one of my girls' eggs!!!

the thought of it makes me gag lol...
HOWEVER; it could be due to the fact that I once had my brother in laws eggs...ick..he lets them eat carcasses of road kill, etc...so
before i knew the flavor of strong stuff can affect the eggs...I ate one and about hurled...it tasted rotten to me...

but my family loves our eggs...but like I said..I've yet to eat one...its a mindset thats screwy lol...

However; I think tomorrow..egg salad...

 

[dominiquePL]

Well, I think if you eat your eggs only (at a time) you might not notice any difference. But have you tried doing some tests?

When we started getting our eggs we only had 2 hens so we needed store bought eggs too. And I wanted to check if there really is a difference. I also got some leghorn eggs for incubating but some arrived with damaged air cells and there was no point in putting them in the incubator. So I made 3 separate portions of scrambled eggs: from our eggs, leghorn eggs and store bought eggs. I cleaned the frying pan before each portion and used more less the same amount of butter and then asked my family to taste/test them. And the difference was huge! We had a go a few times to make sure

(leghorn eggs were somewhere in the middle)

Saying that, our hens weren't on chicken feed at that time (they were spoiled and picky and didn't really like chicken feed) so maybe that's why it was soooo different. Now they get layer feed only in the morning because then they're really hungry and would eat anything; sometimes twice a day but then it's mixed with boiled potato peels or other vegetables. (I don't know what kind of food that leghorns were on - I suppose layer feed).

Next time I'm going to do a blind test (but need to get some eggs from the shop

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[abejita]

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Well...this is good to know! Mine have been on HandH since I got them. Now if they would only LAY!!!

 

[mylegger]

When mine first started laying, I didn't have enough of my own to keep up with our needs, so I still had store bought eggs. I compared them like one of the above posters, and noticed as well that my yolks were a nice color, the whites really white, and that mine stood up in the pan versus the store bought ones. When tasting, I saw that mine were much richer, but besides that I didn't really notice a taste difference at the time.
Now that my hens are in full production, I haven't needed any store bought eggs but a family member brought some home and I decided to cook them up so they wouldn't go to waste. That is when I really noticed the difference in taste from solely eating mine for so long. As I stood over the pan making scrambled eggs, the smell wafting up was unpleasant to me. Eating them wasn't really good either - didn't have much of a taste at all.

 

[allpeepedout]

To me, home-grown eggs taste rounder and fuller, but it's hard to come up with words to describe flavor. It is subtle but real, and the first I prepared gave me a flashback to the eggs my grandmother used to produce. The flavor of mine is not "more eggy" or strong, so people who expect a dramatic change in taste may be disappointed. A friend describes it as more buttery, and others have mentioned richer. One person says they can't tell the difference, while another says they are the best eggs they have ever had. Everyone mentions the difference in texture.

To some people, a cup of coffee is just a cup of coffee. Your sense of smell has a lot to do with your ability to taste, and like so many things, it declines with age (and pollen counts).

 

[MommyMagpie]

I only eat eggs as an ingredient, but my kids tell me there is a definite difference in the way our eggs taste as compared to the store eggs. And the folks we sell to say our eggs are way tastier than store eggs. Ours eat layer feed (Southern States brand), free-range in our backyard all day every day, and get occasional treats of cabbage, lettuce and table scraps.

 

[duckinnut]

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That about sums it up. I think people expect the taste difference to be from a McDs burger to a Capital Grill filet. But in reality(a term just thrown around these days) its the whole package. I got hooked at an event that a friend brought eggs from his chickens and scrambled them up. The texture is smoother and creamier,has more body than store bought. (I sound like a wine expert but wouldnt know $8 bottle from an $80). Great for cooking with in recipes like my chocolate chip zucchini bread,breading with such as (shhhhhhh!) chicken for frying or eggplant or zucchini. And the satisfaction of knowing where they came from,how they are treated,free of god knows what and knowing that your labor of love has produced them. Self-sustainence is a virtue I live by and try to teach that to my children.

 

[Nicole01]

Everybody's tastes buds are different. Some people are more sensitive to foods then others. Our store eggs are not that great, so we can really tell the difference, even when I use fresh eggs in baking. The kids can tell when we use fresh eggs also. To me the eggs are lighter, less dense then store eggs. They do taste fresher to me.