Oh yeah... this is why we keep chickens!

[BigWoodsLittleFarm]

The other eggs are local, farm fresh eggs purchased from the health food store. The two with the arrows are from our chickens.

I don’t wanna be an egg snob but..... yeah, I’m an egg snob

 

[ChickenCanoe]

It definitely matters how one keeps them. It looks like your birds free range or at least have nice forage in the form of greenery and other plant parts containing carotene.
The eggs I get from penned birds are much lighter than those from free range birds.
That is to be expected.

 

[BigWoodsLittleFarm]

It definitely matters how one keeps them. It looks like your birds free range or at least have nice forage in the form of greenery and other plant parts containing carotene.

They range within a fenced in area but yeah, they’re in the woods— and I think probably what makes a bigger difference is the amount of scraps from the house they’re getting. Every cast off piece of vegetable, leftovers, anything that isn’t on the do-not-feed list (and no chicken or eggs because...reasons) they get it. They really get spoiled in the summer with stuff from the garden!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

If I needed all my yolks to be dark, I would give the confined birds squash, tomatoes, carrots, etc.. Chickens don't completely assimilate carotenoids so they end up in the yolk.
They are antioxidants and can enhance vitamin A but that should already be at a sufficient level in feed.
It is nice to see the rich dark yolks, but it doesn't necessarily mean they are more nutritious.
The reason store eggs are yellow at all is that the main ingredient in their feed is yellow corn. In Africa, much of the feed is white corn. The result is yolks that are almost white. It doesn't necessarily mean they are inferior.

 

[BigWoodsLittleFarm]

If I needed all my yolks to be dark, I would give the confined birds squash, tomatoes, carrots, etc.. Chickens don't completely assimilate carotenoids so they end up in the yolk.
They are antioxidants and can enhance vitamin A but that should already be at a sufficient level in feed.
It is nice to see the rich dark yolks, but it doesn't necessarily mean they are more nutritious.
The reason store eggs are yellow at all is that the main ingredient in their feed is yellow corn. In Africa, much of the feed is white corn. The result is yolks that are almost white. It doesn't necessarily mean they are inferior.

Yeah totally a personal preference thing for me! I do feel like they don’t break as easily either, for this scramble it didn’t matter but I really love a good gooey over medium fried egg and I feel like these other ones, the yolks break super easily. Maybe I need the handicap because I’m not the best at flipping them