Our eggs taste.... normal.

[Susan Dye]

When I was a child, we would visit my grandmother who had chickens running around the yard. We would, of course, eat the fresh eggs and the occasional chicken. I never noticed a difference in the taste of the eggs while we were visiting, but when we got back home, it took me weeks to be able to eat store bought eggs again. It wasn't the taste that made the store bought eggs inedible for me, it was the smell as they were cooking. After a week or two, the smell wasn't as nauseating and I would be able to resume eating the store bought eggs. It seems that at least for me, my nose is more sensitive than my taste buds. I quit eating ground beef, until I found a local source for grass fed beef, for the same reason.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I quit eating ground beef, until I found a local source for grass fed beef, for the same reason.

At some point when I was younger I found that I was overly sensitive to the smell of ground beef cooking so I have not served ground beef in over 20 years (the one exception was when I had an elderly dog on her last legs that would only eat a homemade diet). Something about the scent as it began browning just made me super nauseous. I think I'm probably over it now, but I got so used to eating ground-everything-else that I've never added ground beef back into my diet.

 

[Susan Dye]

At some point when I was younger I found that I was overly sensitive to the smell of ground beef cooking so I have not served ground beef in over 20 years (the one exception was when I had an elderly dog on her last legs that would only eat a homemade diet). Something about the scent as it began browning just made me super nauseous. I think I'm probably over it now, but I got so used to eating ground-everything-else that I've never added ground beef back into my diet.

I'm the same way about ground beef. Got lucky where I now live and found a good source of fresh locally raised beef. Makes a world of difference. I go to the shop, pick out a whole roast and have them (triple) grind it for me while I wait. Love being able to once again enjoy ground beef. I doubt I could eat anything from the supermarket ever again.

 

[808chickie]

What do you feed your chickens for the best tasting eggs? We were sadly underwhelmed by the taste of the first two our chickens presented to us.

We are doing Dumor layer pellets, mealworms, scratch, and occasional table scraps.

I feed my girls Scratch & Peck and find that it makes a big difference. If I run out of that and use pellets, the eggs don't taste the same. They'll also get fruit and veg scraps, along with anything we're not using or pulling out of the garden. If we're running low on garden scraps, I'll pick up some organic greens from Costco for a few dollars. They love their mealworms as well. I'm thinking of getting a black soldier fly farm going.

 

[JPchicken]

Update: we've begun switching to Purina Organic layer with Omega-3. Already, the eggs taste better! Unfortunately, the protein percentage is lower, so we've had a significant increase in naked chicken bums/ feather eating. Now we're going to try Purina All Flock.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Update: we've begun switching to Purina Organic layer with Omega-3. Already, the eggs taste better! Unfortunately, the protein percentage is lower, so we've had a significant increase in naked chicken bums/ feather eating. Now we're going to try Purina All Flock.

Not sure the protein % on those feeds but you could try doing half and half of each feed and seeing if that gets you better overall results. Or supplement protein directly to compensate for lower number in the layer.

 

[HuskerHens18]

I don't eat eggs so I should probably shoo away from this thread, but I do Purina Flock Raiser, oyster shells in a separate bowl, and free range daily(except in winter). My dad claims they are the best eggs he's ever had, he's a big egg eater. He says it's the bugs that make them good