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Very Yellow Eggs
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Well, as discussed recently, Mums (along with a few ABers) got some chickens.
Whenever I go round, they are trotting happily around the lawn ...
(do chickens "trot"?)
... or somewhere in the bushes.
Anyway ... I have a few of the eggs ... and the yolks are SO yellow !!
Like really dark yellow. Almost orange, actually.
Why is this??
And did any ABers get their chickens?
ps. Have you ever seen the size of chicken poo !!!!!!!!!
Whenever I go round, they are trotting happily around the lawn ...
(do chickens "trot"?)
... or somewhere in the bushes.
Anyway ... I have a few of the eggs ... and the yolks are SO yellow !!
Like really dark yellow. Almost orange, actually.
Why is this??
And did any ABers get their chickens?
ps. Have you ever seen the size of chicken poo !!!!!!!!!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Cos you are not a good farm girl Jayne, a city dweller.......and not used to really fresh eggs (Ours here come from the farm next door, down a 600m track from the road).
Fresh eggs have darker colored yolks and whites than old eggs. The bright color of the egg yolk fades as the egg ages - partly because of extra oxygen getting in the shell. A pale yellow yolk and watery white mean that the egg has been sitting in storage for several weeks, or months.
Fresh eggs have darker colored yolks and whites than old eggs. The bright color of the egg yolk fades as the egg ages - partly because of extra oxygen getting in the shell. A pale yellow yolk and watery white mean that the egg has been sitting in storage for several weeks, or months.
the poultry people have a different answer to this colourful question:
http://www.thepoultry...andbook/31/pale-yolks
http://www.thepoultry...andbook/31/pale-yolks
http://www.whistlingt...rm.com/3.eggfaqs.html
yes as to carotenes dictating the colour, and yes the colour deteriorates with age as the carotene oxidises....the main thing be O2
yes as to carotenes dictating the colour, and yes the colour deteriorates with age as the carotene oxidises....the main thing be O2