Tasty eggs

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Hi,
I got two new pekins on Friday, both of which are laying.
My question is this - how long does it take for the change in feed etc to make a change in the egg, becuase at the moment, they are not very nice at all?
 
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What are you feeding them now?
My pekin hen get layers pellets, wheat and occasional bits of bread, sweetcorn, bacon, mashed veg, whatever comes to hand. Her eggs are lovely!

Osric
 
Hi,
Mine get organic layers pellets in the hopper and a handful of a 'mixed feed' in the afternoon, which is wheat, corn, flakes, squashed peas, grit and oyster shell.
Only one of my original 2 Pekins is laying (the other one must be any time soon as they are from the same clutch), and her eggs are very rich and a dark golden.
The two new hens are laying every day, which is fab, but their eggs are a bit unpleasant.
I was hoping that it was the feed that makes a good taste. It would be just my luck to get 2 beautiful birds with a yukky egg gene.
What do you think?
 
I'm puzzled at why your eggs don't taste very nice. You're feeding your girls more or less the same stuff I feed mine.
What do they actually taste like? What's the ground like? I wonder if perhaps there's something in the ground affecting the taste, I could be completely wrong though :?

Perhaps experts like Tim et al would have a suggestion.

Osric
 
The girls that have been with me for the last few weeks lay gorgeous eggs.
It's the two new ones whose are iffy.
The yolks are the palest yellow and they are very balnd with a hint of an unpleasant, sharp aftertaste.
I just hope things are going to improve once they've been here a week or two.
 
Nice rich yellow yolks are made by hens eating grass,so I expect plenty of veggies do that job as well.As to why your eggs taste 'iffy',someone else did post on this forum about their eggs having a strange taste,but I can't remember what their's tasted like.
As eggs are porous,are you storing them any different?
Hoping they will soon taste better,or some one with more experience can explain why they taste 'iffy'.
 
Hi, Lydia, I'm afraid I'm not storing them at all - just gobbling them up like manna from heaven.
My original 2 do get peas and a bit of grass for a few hours every day and their yolks are golden.
I'm sure it will get better (well, that's what I'm banking on, anyway.)
 
Aahh,I wonder if your using them too soon :?: .Although I'm sure there are lots of people who do eat fresh(as in laid straight away)eggs just like you do.
I thought I read somewhere that eggs are best stored for a day or 2 before eating.Maybe someone else can confirm or deny this.
I do think they will taste better when they've been with you a while.
 
I didn't know that about eating eggs too soon. I'd be interested to hear if anyone could confirm that.

I don't think I've been in so much of a hurry to eat eggs that they've gone straight from hens bum to my belly!

Osric
 
Osric said:
I don't think I've been in so much of a hurry to eat eggs that they've gone straight from hens bum to my belly!

Osric
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Hmmmn,try cooking them first ;) ,then you wont get the squirty berties :mrgreen: :o :lol: .
 
I'm not sure that taste is affected by freshness but certainly freshness affects the cooking quality. The fresher the better for poaching, as the egg stays nice and plump. On the other hand, an older egg is better for hard-boiling, as it peels easily without taking away any white with the shell. As it says in Delia's How to Cook Book One, "It's the amount of air in the pocket at the wide end of the egg - which in turn depends on the egg's freshness - that will determine how best to use the egg."
 
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