Why would fresh eggs be black?

[Bubbles91]

 

[Crazy Maizie]

It's not that fresh.

 

[InterestingChickens]

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Where did you get that egg?

 

[Fallenone05]

It's either not fresh, your hen might have eaten something that dyed her yolk that color, or there's a bacterial infection in the hen that laid it. What's the smell like?

 

[InterestingChickens]

This thread may answer your question: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/black-egg-yolks.1202011/