Neon Orange Yolks from the store in comparison to my backyard eggs

[Ecarroll]

Idk, my free range chickens have free range, they can go wherever they want in our half acre. We open their Coop door in the morning and shut them in the evenings. They always have access to chick pellets but throughout the week I give them- eggs yogurt broccoli cucumbers bell peppers apples blueberries cauliflower on occasion hot dogs or bologna other than that they won't eat any meat. One time I tried to make their eggs with bacon grease instead of butter and they all refused to eat it. I'm hoping that their diet will make them have the best eggs.

My free range flock is also completely free.

 

[nuthatched]

How do they dye egg yolk?

Feedind things high in beta carotene, Marigolds, for example.

Idk, my free range chickens have free range, they can go wherever they want in our half acre. We open their Coop door in the morning and shut them in the evenings. They always have access to chick pellets but throughout the week I give them- eggs yogurt broccoli cucumbers bell peppers apples blueberries cauliflower on occasion hot dogs or bologna other than that they won't eat any meat. One time I tried to make their eggs with bacon grease instead of butter and they all refused to eat it. I'm hoping that their diet will make them have the best eggs.

Cut back on the treats, they're like chicken dessert.

 

[Echelontheory101]

We still need to supplement our eggs with store bought (don't worry, there are more brooding was we speak haha)

These are the kind we buy from Costco and id love to know what the heck they are feeding these chickens. The yolks are RIDICULOUSLY orange and my husband says they taste better than our eggs (RUDE!). The photo shows a side by side of my 2 eggs vs the store eggs.

We feed ours 20% organic Kalambach Grower. While they are contained they have a ton of space to roam (a little over 800 square feet) and we give them all sorts of table scraps daily, scratch a few times per week and grubs. We occasionally grow food plots for them within the runs though right now it's been completely anihilated.

Im not so much concerned about the color of my eggs, but how can we improve the flavor? What is it they're doing with these store eggs that's different?

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Marigold and chili flakes!

 

[Mrs. K]

Corn, squash, spinach, Swiss chard