Bright yellow egg yolk from brown egg..

[Fess]

Got my first egg monday. Decided to have a omelette last night. Cracked a couple of my new eggs and to my suprise the yolk was bright yellow. Just like that of a white leghorn. I have eaten fresh brown eggs several times and they usually have a darker yolk.
My hens that are laying are golden comets. Feeding them laying feed from rural king. Picking them fresh grass daily and giving them raisins. Is this normal?

 

[bobbi-j]

Yep, the yolk color can be influenced by what they eat. At least that what I've experienced with my chickens. Spring, summer and fall when they're out free ranging, eating bugs, grasses and who knows what else, the yolks are a nice, rich, dark yellow - almost orange sometimes. In the winter when they're primarily eating feed, the yolks are more yellow.

 

[R2elk]

Got my first egg monday. Decided to have a omelette last night. Cracked a couple of my new eggs and to my suprise the yolk was bright yellow. Just like that of a white leghorn. I have eaten fresh brown eggs several times and they usually have a darker yolk.
My hens that are laying are golden comets. Feeding them laying feed from rural king. Picking them fresh grass daily and giving them raisins. Is this normal?

The color of the yolk really doesn't have anything to do with the egg shell color. Egg yolk color is mostly dependent on what the chicken is eating. A former neighbor used to feed her chickens rabbit food for the alfalfa in it. It gave her egg yolks a deep yellow color.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

The color of the yolk really doesn't have anything to do with the egg shell color. Egg yolk color is mostly dependent on what the chicken is eating. A former neighbor used to feed her chickens rabbit food for the alfalfa in it. It gave her egg yolks a deep yellow color.

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Carotenoids are the primary influence of till color....diets rich or deficient in them yield eggs colored redpectively

 

[Fess]

If I get more eggs than I can eat then I plan to sell a dozen now and again to help with the feed bill. I dont want to sell a poor quality egg. There is so much to learn about chickens and any info I gather from you guys is greatly appreciated.

 

[FrankHomestead]

If I get more eggs than I can eat then I plan to sell a dozen now and again to help with the feed bill. I dont want to sell a poor quality egg. There is so much to learn about chickens and any info I gather from you guys is greatly appreciated.

I read an article about adding chili powder to the feed to get very deep yolks. just because your yolks are bright yellow, does not mean they aren't high quality farm fresh eggs! but darker yolks do seem to be favored

 

[Fess]

Thanks for the input guys. Ive been eating them. They taste great.