Effect of diet on egg laying

* I have noticed changes in Miss Chook's eggs by the third egg after a change usually. Ed: Hers are white, though, so that's only size, shell thickness, albumin density, yolk color/density, shell texture, and egg taste.

 

I have read that it could be days up to one week before you will notice. I noticed a big change in my eggs when I had to quarantine 2 of my hens for 30 days.

 

Garlic and onions can give the eggs a nasty taste. If you give the girls leafy green stuff and plenty of veggies the yolks will be a nice golden color instead of pale yellow. Mine like cukes, zucchini, strawberries, yogurt, cottage cheese, potatoes (especially baked and then let to cool on a cold day), malt o meal, cream of wheat, or oatmeal in the winter, fresh dandelion greens, cabbage, tomatoes, squash, bananas, and about anything else I will feed them.

Trisha in MO