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farming_newblood

  • Joined Feb 2009
Please help, strange egg yolk colour!
« on: November 03, 2011, 09:00:29 am »
Can anyone help we have some free range ducks, they are healthy and acting normally. We collect their eggs daily when the eggs are clean, on cracking the egg- she shell is normal- nice and strong with good shape and a smooth shell. The problem is the yolk colour- is almost brown! We have some hens eggs that are so orange they are almost red but never had brown yolks! I know they are fresh as we collect from the ark not found under cabins etc.

Hopewell

  • Joined Apr 2011
Re: Please help, strange egg yolk colour!
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2011, 01:57:37 pm »
It will be something that they are eating, although I don't know what. A friend of mine had some chickens that laid eggs with red yolks. After a while they realised that the chickens were eating the coloured the maggots that the fishermen were leaving on the canal bank behind their house.

northfifeduckling

  • Joined Jan 2009
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Re: Please help, strange egg yolk colour!
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2011, 11:44:27 am »
I sometimes have whites that are greenish or even have a blueish tint but never heard of yolks. I know that most pellets contain a colouring to make them a rich dark yellow, maybe change the brand and see if that makes a difference? :&>

 

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