I eat eggs almond every day for breakfast, and they're always pasture-raised. I used to not really care much for eggs in my teens and throughout most of my adulthood. But years ago, I thought people on the internet who posted about how they only bought pasture-raised eggs were just being snobby, and then I tasted some. They reminded me of the eggs of my childhood, which made me wonder... did chickens eat better in the 1970s? 🤔 #breakfast #foodstr #eggs #asknostr https://nostpic.com/media/c3ae4ad8e06a91c200475d69ca90440d6d54de729d3d1e5afacfbdb6e54d46cb/b460034cb70eac5291e5ef9f03e5ce70b45408561deb837ff18b67b9dc073205.webp
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Pasture raised eggs are great. Before I started raising my own, I would buy pastured eggs from a local farm.
Once you have eggs with dark orange yolks, you don't want to go back.
What do you feed yours? I can taste the difference between store bought normal eggs and pasture-raised, but I have also have friends who have yard layers whose eggs tasted like soy and flax (ugh) and I just keep buying Vital Farms because they consistently taste good.
I remember vital farms had good eggs when I was getting them in store.
I feed them fermented 'bird seed' mix, sprouted sunflower seeds in the winter, soy free layer crumbles, leftovers, ect... I try to be creative with feed sources. When its real cold I cook them a pot of seeds or rice with whatever food scraps I have. They get dried mealworms (mostly in winter). I make 'suet' cakes with bacon grease and seeds
I use a deep bedding consisting mostly of bagged leaves and yard waste. They kick through this and find seeds, bugs, worms, mycelium, and more. I put logs in the run that get flipped over once in a while (they love this).
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not almond ffs lol
Good tasting eggs is the difference between forcing them down and enjoying every bite.