better yolks

[fil76]

what can I feed my girls so the egg yolks change colour more orange
cheers fil

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

This thread has some tips ~ https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-to-get-an-orange-yolk-egg.88110/

 

[Lazy Farmer]

We personally, soak Alfalfa Cubes from our local feed store in water for about 10 minutes. Place them in feed pans and the flocks tear em up. Takes a few days of doing this but our customers ask us all the time how do we get the yokes so deep orange? They keep coming back.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Would it be like these Alfa pellets that we can get here in the U.K. ~ https://www.dengie.com/horse-feeds/pelleted-fibres/alfalfa-pellets/

 

[Akrnaf2]

I feed them paprika powder
And get this:

The orange are mine, the yellow are the most fresh organic egg I found in the store.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Would it be like these Alfa pellets that we can get here in the U.K. ~ https://www.dengie.com/horse-feeds/pelleted-fibres/alfalfa-pellets/

We haven't tried, to be perfectly honest. Food for thought. (and chickens) lol

 

[fil76]

will dark green veg work ??
cheers fil

 

[rebrascora]

I grow and feed perpetual spinach and that does the job. They love it too. During the summer I hang a handful of leaves each day which are stripped bare and in the winter when the plants are dying back I dig up and hang a whole plant by the roots and if you cut the roots in half, they will usually peck out the softer core too.

 

[RUNuts]

Yes, any and all fresh dark green vegetables, grass or other will help. Paprika and marigold extract to get beyond yellow. It can take a week to see a difference.

I soak alfalfa cubes for 24 hours (empty bucket and refill) and as long as I mix in the chicken feed, it gets eaten. Plain, it'll sit for a day or so. This is the kitchen scrap bucket too.