Are thick egg yolks healthy?

[Rowanh16]

My olive egger chicks just started laying one last month one this week. The eggs and especially the yolks are still tiny so I use them when lessening a portion of waffle batter and for feeding my small cat. The yolk has a hard time breaking up when trying to mix it with milk and then when I crush the yolk on a plate for my cat it seems to hold its shape for a moment after squishing it with the fork. Is it just smaller yolk still with the nutrients of a big yolk or something?

 

[rosemarythyme]

Home grown eggs, especially very fresh ones, seem to have more sturdy yolks. It's normal for the yolks to not mix in as well with the whites like they would with store bought eggs.

 

[Mrs. K]

I consider those higher quality eggs. I don't like it when the yolk breaks too easily, or the yolk separates from the white. To me, those are best eggs.

As a bird ages often times the whites will get thin, and yolks weak. I like having a mixed flock, as I can recognize the color of my older birds and use them in baking, keeping the better eggs for poaching or frying.

Mrs K

 

[HollowOfWisps]

The older the egg the runnier the yolks. The eggs you buy at the store are not days, weeks or even one month, but often months** plural old.