Eggs taste HORRIBLE!!! Spit out first bite! :(

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Ok, last thought: switch to fermented feed. My egg customers notice a difference in the taste of eggs from my flock compared to eggs from other flocks. The only difference being that I ferment my bird's feed.
 
lazy gardener said:
Ok, last thought: switch to fermented feed. My egg customers notice a difference in the taste of eggs from my flock compared to eggs from other flocks. The only difference being that I ferment my bird's feed.
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Yeah, I was fermenting it for a while, but then stopped. (And that's not what made them taste bad) how do you ferment it?
 
lazy gardener said:
An other poster found his birds were munching on the playground mulch he was using under his kid's play gym. The stuff was heavily laced with a fire retardant, in addition to the dyes used on the product. And they sell this stuff for our kids to be exposed to????

I'm guessing the birds are finding something in the yard. F/U ??? Is the yard treated with insecticide/herbicide/fungicide? Do the birds have access to that treated grass? Any such chemicals used in the garden? Or is mulch materials brought in from outside source?

I always have to balance the need for mulching materials with the risk of bringing them onto my property. I always ask LOTS of questions before bringing anything home. Even when buying hay, always from the same farmer, but I ask him every season: "Any fields you cut been treated with any pesticides/herbicides?" I'm always pleased when I break open a bale of hay and find it loaded with weedy plants. The only thing I bring home that is not subject to the third degree questioning is the wood chips and compost from my town dump. But, I figure wood chips are fairly safe. The compost... perhaps not so much. It's a calculated risk.

Even cow/horse poop is not safe any more since those animals may be grazing on a herbicide treated field, or eating treated hay. That herbicide does not even break down in the animal's gut, persisting in their poo, and the resulting compost for years. All the more reason to harvest fresh organic poop from fresh organic chooks. ok. Rant over!
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Walnut tree chips can kill a horse!
 
cowboyclayt said:
They shouldn't have been that old. Maybe though. I know it was at least 1 week old. (we don't go through eggs that fast)
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Do you wash your eggs after collecting them? Where do you store them? Do you know how to check an egg for freshness? Good eggs lay flat in a glass of water, the older it gets they stand on end and a real old egg floats.
 
If the bad taste of the eggs is bitter, it is likely from the pryacantha berries. They are very bitter so the taste is likely being passed on to the eggs.
Keep them from eating those berries and let us know if the eggs taste better in 4 or so days
 
blackdog043 said:
Do you wash your eggs after collecting them? Where do you store them? Do you know how to check an egg for freshness? Good eggs lay flat in a glass of water, the older it gets they stand on end and a real old egg floats.
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No, I don't wash them. Yes, I know how to check, but I haven't been doing it. I will start next time I eat eggs. Thanks
 

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