Eggs taste weird

[magoochie]

My husband and I are on our first year of chickens. They just started laying right before christmas. So here is the thing, We have both had fresh eggs from our friends chickens and we loved them.

But our eggs taste weird! My husband says the yolks taste "bloody" or "off"

Honestly I dont think they are as great as our friends either. I know they are new to laying, also it is winter, and the eggs we were getting were from summer. When the chickens can free range for greens and bugs etc.

We feed DuMor feed. We were on Grower feed until they started laying, then we switched to Layers feed. I also throw out a cup of scratch for the 12 of them every morning.

I bring them snacks a couple times a week. Bread, celery, cabbage, tomatoes, and sometimes cheese or noodles.

Why do our eggs taste so different? Is it because they are new to laying? Not able to free range in the snow?

Also, we turned a rooster into soup the other night. He didnt have much flavor either.

Whats going on?

 

[Chicken.Lytle]

Do you have a cold?

You might try supplementing with show bird feed (22%).

 

[magoochie]

I do have a cold now, but not when we started eating them. This is only the 2nd day I have been sick, and we eat our eggs a few times a week. Hubby is not sick at all.

What is in Showbird feed that might make a difference?

 

[Mac in Wisco]

I don't see anything that you are feeding them that could give them an off flavor. Many people aren't accustomed to farm fresh eggs. I've had people tell me that our eggs were too "rich" for them and that they actually prefer blander store eggs. Small pullet eggs can be quite flavorful compared to larger eggs, but I wouldn't say that they have an "off" flavor, just more of an "eggy" flavor.

 

[magoochie]

Thats what I think is weird. We have eaten farm fresh eggs before and loved them!

Also like I said, our rooster tasted bland too.

 

[Chicken.Lytle]

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It has extra protein. My chickens do not lay well on 16% protein layer feed.

Also try checking the feed for mold. Basically whatever goes into the chickens will come out in their eggs (and poo ).

 

[TriciaHowe]

I would change your feed brand and probably not any veggies that the "flavor" could leak through...(like the cabbage).

See if that helps?

 

[magoochie]

There is no mold. All the feed looks/smells fine. They were on the 20% grower feed until a week or so ago when I switched to layer feed.

 

[WoodlandWoman]

I'd ask your friends what brand of feed they use.

 

[Judy]

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X2. A lot of folks on here do not like Dumor. I've never bought any.