help! My chicken is laying eggs with an orange yolk!

[Sienatiger]

what does it mean? They are stil on starter food because we have younger chicks still in the coop. I am really getting worried. Thanks for any help!

 

[sunflour]

Orange yolks are what we all seek. Shades of yellow to orange are related to diet.

Make sure you have calcium supplementation available for the layers, like ground oyster shells.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

what does it mean? They are stil on starter food because we have younger chicks still in the coop. I am really getting worried. Thanks for any help!

This means your birds are happy, healthy birds on a diet that has lots of carotenoids

 

[Sienatiger]

Ok I feel stupid. Thanks so much guys!

 

[dekel18042]

Ok I feel stupid. Thanks so much guys!

Yes, but now you can see for yourself the difference between your own eggs from a small well kept flock vs grocery store eggs.

I just gave some eggs to relatives and they commented on how much harder they were to crack, another way ours are better, no thin shells.

 

[sunflour]

Ok I feel stupid. Thanks so much guys!

That was not a stupid question….we are all still learning. I grow marigolds in the summer and give some to my hens to get a richer yolk.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Ok I feel stupid. Thanks so much guys!

Don't feel stupid - feel proud of the fact that you have such happy, healthy birds.

 

[goodb]

That was not a stupid question….we are all still learning. I grow marigolds in the summer and give some to my hens to get a richer yolk.

What part of the marigold do they eat?

 

[sunflour]

What part of the marigold do they eat?

I prefer they eat the flowers…but if you pull the forming seeds out they love those. And tear up some of the leaves ---that's their favorite.

I grow marigolds near my veggies for companion planting.

 

[goodb]

I prefer they eat the flowers…but if you pull the forming seeds out they love those. And tear up some of the leaves ---that's their favorite.

I grow marigolds near my veggies for companion planting.

Sounds like they like the entire plant although my birds hardly touched the marigolds I gave them this fall. Maybe they were distracted by the other "goodies" I gave them.
Probably a dumb question but do the marigolds keep them away from the other plants?