Chicken eggs?

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Crazy grocery store prices for em,
Not long ago .99/doz. Now ^^^ so neighbor has free range chicks, $1/doz large eggs,question i have is the yokes,som orange some red normally store bought are yellow yokes. Are yoke colors a indication of bad or old eggs? Curious as never seen colored yokes b4.
 


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Farm fresh eggs usually have darker in color yokes that are closer to orange. I don't know about red, I haven't seen any with red yokes.
 


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I've heard that the orange just means they are more fresh, but IDK. I'm guessing some of the other replies come closer to the mark. I get some fresh eggs from my niece, and they are no different IMO.
 

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Do you eat the farm fresh eggs with brown specks or blood spots in them?
 


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Do you eat the farm fresh eggs with brown specks or blood spots in them?
absolutely... have eaten many like that and have noticed no difference and no ill effect.

Our chickens are free range for about 1/2 the day. We keep them in the coop until about 11am just to try to force them to lay their eggs in the boxes... if we don't do that they will lay eggs all over the farking county.... We feed a mix of peas/corn with a mineral/nutrient supplement mixed in. On top of that they get a couple handfulls of soldier fly larvae thrown out every day and some black oil sunflower seeds as well. They also have access to free choice oyster shells and ground up egg shells from the eggs we eat. We also add in red pepper flakes to their feed as well. This helps to keep them healthy and helps them fight off bad stuff in their guts.
 

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I eat them but the wife tries to pick them out. :rolleyes:

  • What they are:
    • Blood spots: Occur when a small blood vessel ruptures on the yolk surface or in the oviduct during egg formation.

    • Meat spots: Are small pieces of tissue that detach from the hen's oviduct as the egg passes through.
 

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I've heard that the orange just means they are more fresh, but IDK. I'm guessing some of the other replies come closer to the mark. I get some fresh eggs from my niece, and they are no different IMO.
My experience when I had laying chickens was the whites when you crack them in a pan don't run all over like water.
 


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I prefer sweat shop chickens, those bright orange yolks gross me out
Hahaha, oh juanr, buddy is a muscle head he told the eggs might be bad,he orders grosses of eggs,eats them raw before workouts, claims he never seen yokes other than yellow.
Figured you guyz would set me straight, thanx.
 

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$7/dz here...f that I'll give up eggs while I watch my buddy's chickens shit gold and patiently wait..😎
Friend lives up north two harbors on lake supior,he said a dozen eggs were $14.99/doz (large),he said local bar meat raffle usually has a few dozen eggs ppl snap up,lol.
 

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absolutely... have eaten many like that and have noticed no difference and no ill effect.

Our chickens are free range for about 1/2 the day. We keep them in the coop until about 11am just to try to force them to lay their eggs in the boxes... if we don't do that they will lay eggs all over the farking county.... We feed a mix of peas/corn with a mineral/nutrient supplement mixed in. On top of that they get a couple handfulls of soldier fly larvae thrown out every day and some black oil sunflower seeds as well. They also have access to free choice oyster shells and ground up egg shells from the eggs we eat. We also add in red pepper flakes to their feed as well. This helps to keep them healthy and helps them fight off bad stuff in their guts.
Great information thanx,never knew.
 


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