First eggs! Normal?

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whiplashranch

whiplashranch

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Hi everyone! I'm new to the forum and live in Oklahoma. Been getting fresh eggs from a friend for years and finally got chicks this spring. Have several breeds (Reds, Polish, Silkie, Houdan, Cochin, etc) some standard, some bantam. Reds are just now 4 months old and got our first eggs 2 days ago! So thrilled and so excited. But......scrambled them up and they taste like chicken? The ones I got from my friend never did but these taste just like chicken meat? Any ideas or tips would be great. They are fed a 16% crumble with occasional frozen fruit treats. They are in the coop all night and turned out on grass in fenced yard all day. I am so in love with them :) They are wonderful!
 
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Maybe it's the feed they are eating. I think birds at point of lay and beyond should be on layer feed which gives them calcium. Just wondering if you were blindfolded and had a fresh hen's egg and one from the grocery store- if you could tell which was which.
 
I agree that a feed switch is in my future. That's the first thing I thought of but couldn't find anything online about eggs actually tasting like chicken lol. I could REALLY tell, to the point I didn't eat more than 2 bites. It was strong? There's worse things they could taste like I guess :)
 
Thanks Happy Houdan! I've seen your screen name before when I was browsing and actually think of your name often......my rooster is a Houdan called Boudan the Houdan ! I LOVE him, he's the coolest!
 
Welcome.!! Mine just layed her first egg today. She's been on layer fees for the past 3 weeks... i dont know how it tastes yet. I want my lil 5 yrold to get home to see it first before we cook it up lol.ill fill ya in.
 
channyx904 said:
Welcome.!! Mine just layed her first egg today. She's been on layer fees for the past 3 weeks... i dont know how it tastes yet. I want my lil 5 yrold to get home to see it first before we cook it up lol.ill fill ya in.
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Yes Channyx904, please keep me posted. I got some new feed yesterday and added some cracked corn to their diet too. Hopefully that will help! Thanks everyone for the hellos and welcome messages! Very glad to be a member!

Does anyone think it's possible that the egg could've had that "chicken" taste because it wasn't fresh? I know they don't have to be refrigerated but it's been over 100 here lately and two of the eggs (we cooked 3 that night) were found in the smaller coop that I hadn't been checking regularly (younger chickens stay in there at night but they all free range in the daytime with the coop doors open).
 

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