egg flavor question

[artsyrobin]

not sure where to put this- but my chickens free range part time and lately the eggs have tasted strongly of onion- we have wild onions in the area- can eggs take on a bit of the food they eat? or maybe my taster is out of whack cuz i'm quitting smoking?

 

[bigredfeather]

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Absolutely! Eggs can take on the flavor of a lot of things. I had requested my mill to start adding fish meal to their feed. The guy said they can only use up to a certain % or the eggs will taste fishy. I have also heard of people having garlicly tasting eggs when they feed garlic.

 

[HathawayHens]

now you just need to add some bacon and cheese, and you'll have an omelet flavored egg...

 

[artsyrobin]

you are right! does make for an interesting tasting eggnog too...

we have lost touch with what is 'normal' in our sterile society- our girls are happily finding onions and bugs... a bit of a surprise!