My eggs taste very bland

[Tlmcq]

Since you can't let your girls forage anymore try picking dandelion greens from your yard and putting them in run...they make richer, darker yolk and are loaded with nutrients and vitamins. I also use Nutrena Naturewise for chicks and Nutrena Hearty Hen for my layers..both have probiotics already in there. My girls can't free range at the moment, so I bring the greens to them. They do have a large run, but til I move they can't be loose due to city ordinance, even though I have an acre of land and only 1 neighbor.

 

[azygous]

Shouldn't try to eat eggs without plenty of salsa.

 

[NorthTexasWink]

Holy guacamole with the salsa! Even here in Texas we don't ALWAYS eat our eggs with salsa!

But it is a great combo.

 

[rosemarythyme]

You're getting a lot of different opinions because everyone feeds their birds differently, but this also goes to show there is no "right way" to raise chickens. My flock gets fermented grower in the morning (Scratch & Peck, because it's organic and local) and layer pellets the rest of the day (also organic and local). When weather is nice they have all day access to grass as well as whatever they can reach in my veggie garden. My usual treats are mealworms, scratch/cereal, fruit or veggies, a couple times a day in small quantities.

I can't say my eggs taste better than the local, pasture raised organic eggs I was buying before, but they're certainly comparable and even fresher.

 

[Petra Pancake]

Not sure what it really depends on. All I can say is that the eggs from my chickens taste clearly better than the usual commercial eggs here (factory farmed). I have made direct taste comparisons a few times, boiled or fried one of each and eaten them at the same time. I haven't noticed a big difference after changes in the chickens' feed - in winter, my chickens got layer feed and grass clippings, now in summer I had them free range for a while on dry rocky ground (had to stop that this week because they were eating styrofoam that they pecked out of our house walls), other than that they get layer feed, bread and kitchen scraps. Grass clippings and green stuff do for sure improve the color of the egg yolks.

 

[Happygram8]

Thank you everyone! I love this group!
Today I will change the feed and make some salsa !!

 

[Chickiemom25]

We got the feed from Tractor Supply. The brand is Dumor it says 16% layer feed calcium fortified. We do leave food out all the time.

We use organic no soy feed. The better the feed the better the egg.

 

[Happygram8]

We use organic no soy feed. The better the feed the better the egg.

Do you have a brand name for it or do you make it?

 

[Chickiemom25]

Do you have a brand name for it or do you make it?

I purchase Tucker Milling non GMO. google no soy chicken feed and see if someone makes it close to you, although tucker milling is carried nation wide. No Soy is generally also organic.

 

[LisPrissy]

I switched my girls from the Dumor to Purina Layena. Huge difference!!