We were making eggs for breakfast, one of them was cloudy, so I searched for info about that and found the USDA page saying cloudy is a sign of freshness, clear is slightly aged, and pink or pearly is a sign of bacteria. https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/Is-t...cate the,spoilage due to Pseudomonas bacteria.
Someone in the discussion had mentioned that possibility, someone else said pink was a sign of cotton seed meal in the chicken's diet.
I can't find a picture illustrating what "pearly" egg whites look like but I wouldn't have described our cloudy ones as "pearly". They certainly weren't pink, or green. I did find those pictures. Tasted good and no ill effects so far.
If I have any other chicken questions or answers I'll be happy to look here.
When I was in 6th or 7th grade a met a kid who kept quail. I built an enclosure and arranged to get 5, The neighbor's cat killed two the first night, so I put fine mesh over the chicken wire. The survivors never laid eggs, and were pretty wild. I wasn't really intending to be a quail rancher, so I gave the birds to the other kid and my bag of feed.
Cheers!
Bill
Someone in the discussion had mentioned that possibility, someone else said pink was a sign of cotton seed meal in the chicken's diet.
I can't find a picture illustrating what "pearly" egg whites look like but I wouldn't have described our cloudy ones as "pearly". They certainly weren't pink, or green. I did find those pictures. Tasted good and no ill effects so far.
If I have any other chicken questions or answers I'll be happy to look here.
When I was in 6th or 7th grade a met a kid who kept quail. I built an enclosure and arranged to get 5, The neighbor's cat killed two the first night, so I put fine mesh over the chicken wire. The survivors never laid eggs, and were pretty wild. I wasn't really intending to be a quail rancher, so I gave the birds to the other kid and my bag of feed.
Cheers!
Bill
Glad you joined.
