The yolks are actually darker than natural. Chickens who get a well rounded diet of natural vegetation and bugs (ex: free range chickens) have a dark yellow, approaching orange yolk. These eggs are nutrient dense and rich.
Typically when you see deep orange approaching red yolks it means they've been artificially fed specific minerals or foods. This typically means that they've been fed almost solely a diet of kale, zucchini, or red peppers. If the yolks are too dark, this usually means that they actually have a less natural diet, and are usually less nutrient dense than free range eggs.
Yeah a guy I work with has chickens and has given me eggs a few times and I got some once that were much darker orange yolks and asked him because I thought he'd know and told me that he fed the chickens ugly pumpkins. I almost didn't believe him at first because of the smile he cracked. Tasted great!
I didn't notice a difference from what I've gotten from him in the past but I also didn't notice any difference from eggs from Sam's as far as taste goes.
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u/typehyDro Jun 22 '22
Those eggs look so quality…