• teft
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    292 months ago

    This is from a difference in food. If you don’t give your chickens grass and other natural foods and just give them grain their yolks will be pale yellow instead of the deep orange color.

    • @[email protected]
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      22 months ago

      The whites also tend to be thicker and shells harder and sometimes the membrane needs to be cut open

    • @Dkarma
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      -62 months ago

      Lol this is also a difference in type of. Chicken laying. The egg.

      • teft
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        72 months ago

        It’s a variety of things really, but the biggest one is diet. There are a bunch of chicken feeds that include a source high in carotenoids in order to change the color of the yolk.

        • @[email protected]
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          32 months ago

          My father-in-law has chickens that lay a rainbow assortment of egg colors, and their yolks are all deep orange. You’re totally right—it’s diet! They are fed chimken feed, fruits, and other assorted safe-for-chicken treats. I love them.

      • @[email protected]
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        22 months ago

        Thats basically just the shell, I can give you a chicken and turkey egg and ya couldn’t tell a difference

        • @[email protected]
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          02 months ago

          Yep yep! My father-in-law has a ton of different chimkens cuz he wanted rainbow eggshells and they all have the same deep orange colored yolk.