I don't like my eggs :( ???

[bills]

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You can say that again!

I would think leghorns as suggested, and feeding them plain commercial layer feed, no treats, or free ranging for weeds, and bugs etc., would help with the plain store bought flavour

 

[can you hear me now?]

maybe could be the type of chickens. I have a person I work with that swears that his cinnamon queens eggs are horrible compared to the RIR eggs he used to have. Me myself i like them all. The flavor was so good that i don't add salt to my eggs anymore. Wife still gets mad when i put hot sauce on em though. Never gonna be able to stop that one I think.

 

[seriousbill]

I can't distinguish any difference in the taste of eggs laid by different breeds and fed the same diet, and I've kept EEs, OEGs, RIRs, Rocks, Orps, Delawares, Silkies, Brahmas, Marans, and mixed birds. I CAN distinguish a difference in the flavor of the meat of different breeds fed the same diet.

 

[ams3651]

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my son is a picky eater because of meds but he never refuses an egg. My dad was schocked one morning at my grandmothers when he ate 4. He takes a hard boiled one to camp every day. I dont know, maybe its my fault. When I was pregnant with him and on a strict diet eggs were one of the things I ate alot, protein and suprisingly enough, one thing I could eat thru morning sickness.

 

[Lammie]

When my yolks looked dark yellow or orange it is because there is too much corn in their scratch grain. Once I changed scratch, the color is that nice sunny yellow again. Plus, if they are free range or yard birds there can be a lot of things that will change yolk color from orange to brown.

 

[seriousbill]

Brown?

Orange yolks in free range eggs mean there's plenty of beta carotene in them, because the hens range and graze on greens, which is healthy for them and for the people eating the eggs.

 

[bigzio]

I think you need to add more milk to fresh eggs in order to get them to fluff the way you want.

The taste and nutrition is far superior to any store bought, caged, abused, commercial hens eggs.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/2005-08-01/The-Good-Egg.aspx

Here is a little proof.

bigzio

 

[pierce652]

All these posts really make me feel guilty for not free ranging the girls...both for their health and the benefits to the eggs. While they always get their laying pellets I also try to give enough variety to thier diets to help.

While others in the area let their birds out over the past week Ive caught the hawk 3 times in the tall grass feasting on rabbits. Id feel terrible to loose one of them unnecessarily.

 

[seriousbill]

You shouldn't feel guilty. Not everyone is set up to free range. For many, it isn't realistic or useful as a model. For others, anything else would be unnecessarily confining. Those of us with good range and good predator control are all too glad to reap the benefits of a free range flock, which means nutritionally enhanced eggs and happy hens. But safety foremost makes sense for most.

 

[MissPrissy]

Do not feel guilty. Put your grass clipping into the run. They will love them. You do not have to let your birds roam to have the best eggs. You provide for them and they provide the eggs for you.