What they are fed absolutely makes a difference. However, a lot of folks feed the same bagged laying ration that the big battery farms feed.
A chicken given the change to scrounge around will have different tasting eggs than one that is kept cooped up. Lots of chicken are kept in coops...
There is a big difference in quality. I read somewhere that a store bought egg might be upwards of a month old by the time it is sold.
An egg is an egg, if the hens are eating a similar laying ration. The difference is freshness.
Now, a real free range chicken's egg is something...
We have had as many as 70. We cut back after we could not charge enough for the eggs to pay for the feed.
The people around here are funny, they wont spend more for fresh farm eggs than what they can buy the crappers at the store for.
We are down to 3 chickens now....time to stock up...
We let our chickens free range. Predators get a few, but the eggs are better if they free range.
Getting a shipment of chicks tomorrow. Straight run heavy layers.....dual purpose breeds.
I reckon we will eat the roosters.
I wanted my wife to buy meat pullets and laying pullets.....no...
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