Blood Red Solid Yolk

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Hi just wondering if anyone has seen yolks this color from a hen before? I have two twins that I call The Twisted Sisters half Silkie half Black French Moran and they are laying regular size light brown eggs but the yolks are red in color. They taste great and I collect eggs daily so I know they are fresh. Any ideas? One on right is pure silkie mom's eggs

 

[The Phantom]

Wow! I guess if they taste good they are fine. Never seen that color before!

 

[The Phantom]

Cool! Now you can make red omelets with out the food coloring!

 

[chicken4prez]

I've never seen that colour before. Is the hen acting okay?

 

[aart]

Your other birds yolks are lighter colored?
What and how exactly are you feeding?
Dark yolks are usually from feed contents.

 

[Molpet]

there are several threads on this... it was something one hen ate excess of... other hens didn't eat as much of it...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/blood-red-yolks-what-is-happening.218215/page-2
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/blood-red-egg-yolks.1187628/

 

[RonP]

As stated, yolk color usually comes from what they are eating.

I once threw in a bushel of damaged red peppers into the run.
The egg yolks were as red as your picture, probably worse. I was uninformed, thought my flock was dying a slow death...

Luckily, we now have the internet and this forum!

 

[peeper89]

what it tast like?

 

[Farmgirl47]

Did they get into some beets?