What’s the obsession over egg shell color?

[Newyorkrita]

I haven't read through the thread, but I just think that all the colors look pretty. No real reason other than that

I agree. I just love all those colors that one doesn't get in store bought eggs.

 

[Nigel27]

When my son was one we moved to the city. He began to hate eggs! He’d been eating them consistently for a couple months at that point and boom he stopped. We didn’t really think much about it until we moved back to our home town and he loved eggs again! local farm fresh eggs that is. Now he’s 12 and makes Crème brûlée and pavlova! And the best scrambled eggs. We now have our own flock.

 

[Bound to Sea]

I have been getting 10-12 eggs per day from my girls since Nov, Dec from 16 girls. I was getting 14-15 Sept and Oct. These are 2 days plus the 4 in the crate are from this morning when I went to feed them. I will collect the rest when I turn them out to free range about noon. I rotated the egg spiral so you can see the colors.

Beautiful eggs!! I love the spiral too!

 

[Bound to Sea]

I have 2 easter eggers. They lay green eggs. The yellow yolk is very rich tasting. Also my other hens lay brown eggs. You cannot buy the same brown eggs in the store. Mine taste way better. It's how you feed and take care of your birds

I agree! My girls get as a snack in the evening a mix of hot pepper flakes, garlic powder, Italian seasoning flakes, organic scratch, meal worms, whole corn, sunflower seeds, kelp, and sometimes some wild bird seed in there.They love it! My eggs taste great!

 

[ackie]

my understanding is the color is purely aesthetic but regular (non-chicken tender) people have seen that the mass produced eggs are white while the more expensive "because they're better for you" eggs are brown, and they've formed a false association between the two. I had someone tell me that in their country (I didn't ask which), blue or green, I can't recall, eggs are considered the healthiest.

 

[Allthefloofs]

Interesting..

I have a couple people who can only eat my girl’s eggs too. One had not had eggs for 15 years because of the intense gastrointestinal distress they caused but she can eat ours. The other thought they had an egg allergy because he would get hives. It makes me feel good about eating our eggs vs store bought.

 

[Shezadandy]

Interesting..

One of my customers had a house guest (pre covid) who had stopped eating eggs because they made him ill - they talked him into trying mine and he felt fine (and enjoyed them!) Hard to know what the little differences are.

 

[writerskramp]

One of my customers had a house guest (pre covid) who had stopped eating eggs because they made him ill - they talked him into trying mine and he felt fine (and enjoyed them!) Hard to know what the little differences are.

Think what it may be as with processed food to factory farm.. Chickens in such places along with beef too pork too even farmed fish.. Are treated with antibiotics, vaccinated, and fed medicated feed. Treated with unnatural light 24 hours a day. Treated horrifically, imprisoned and terrorized at their very end. STRESS is poison.. Relax, stress is the cause and effect of IBS. I can tell you from my youth as then an avid hunter.. The poor deer is on a dead run, in fear of his life or the kill is not clean. The adrenaline taints the meat,. Therefore that strong gamey taste. If you are so lucky as to take one munching grass and immediately.. It's better then veal.

 

[Aapomp831]

Certainly white eggs are easier.. meat spots do not bother me. Just means fertilized which some of your health nuts seek out.. The occasional mutant I'll toss.

Always been attracted to brown eggs, which you pay a premium in the store.

It's always disappointing, store bought eggs.. SALE! Crack one and it covers the entirety of your 10" pan.. It is my understanding store bought factory farm eggs are a minimum 30 days old before they reach your store shelves and as old as 60 days.. still considered FRESH by law.

Have a similar physical reaction myself.. but what doesn't anymore.

There is a difference in flavor from free range to pen raised. I have done both.. Free range has a darker yellow yoke and better consistency.. and FLAVOR!

The best I have ever eaten was a goose egg given to me by a most impressive spinster lady farmer and former schoolmarm of a one room school house.. It was Fantastic! It was huge and a fork literally stood up in the yoke!

I have many colored eggs from chickens my grand kids adopt at the farm store, then I end up with them.. Which is fine.. keeps me busy.

I have recently gotten into food preservation.. self taught. Canning to a commercial dehydrator to a $3500 freeze dryer.

I freeze dry the raw eggs to powder.. and very recently tried out pickling. Haven't come up with a preferential recipe yet.. The Amish style beet juice are too sweet. Just seems wrong.. The spicy aren't spicy enough, but I'll get it.

Be prepared.

Meat spots do not mean fertilized.

 

[writerskramp]

I have been getting 10-12 eggs per day from my girls since Nov, Dec from 16 girls. I was getting 14-15 Sept and Oct. These are 2 days plus the 4 in the crate are from this morning when I went to feed them. I will collect the rest when I turn them out to free range about noon. I rotated the egg spiral so you can see the colors.

That's a groovy egg thingy! Wouldn't last long on my counter.. just a big mess to clean up again.