Burford Brown eggs from Clarence Court

If the hens are well cared for and happy, then why not continue to eat eggs you enjoy?

That is my criteria for all things animal related.

I agree, my criteria too. Burford eggs are very tasty!

I have always bought organic free range eggs whatever they look like.

True Whitewave. And the ARE delicious, paprika or not!

Organic free range eggs for us however, DD only buys Burford Brown eggs.

(happy to eat mine when she is here, as are the GC 😹)’

How much are they, just out of interest?

£3.20 for 6 in Sainsburys

I always buy organic eggs. They are more expensive but we don’t eat that many.

I also only buy organic eggs.
I am not phased by feeding hens marigolds though or including paprika in their diets.
After all, they will happily eat marigolds in the garden!

Unless paprika and marigolds cause them harm I'd be OK with it.

Oh wow, that's expensive. We pay £1 for six eggs from a local smallholder. Totally organic and completely free range - you can see the chickens roaming about in their pastures.

Feeding special diets for colour is not unusual. This is from Google:

Flamingos only get pink because of the food they eat. In captivity (zoos) they're fed specially created flamingo pellets to help them become pink. The process is a lot like what happens for farmed salmon. We want them to be pink because, in the wild at least, the pinker they are, the healthier they are

I buy Burfords, I hope the hens are happy. When I had 3 garden hens, I fed corn and the girls produced delicious eggs with a beautiful yellow yolk

If we were near a local smallholder I’d buy from them. But we’re not.

Only Burford Browns here , although they are more expensive!

Most supermarkets stock them , definitely in Morrisons

For a few years a couple rented a 2 acre field across the road from our home. As this is in a flood risk area I had their phone number so they could move their pigs, sheep and hens to higher ground. Sometimes they would give me some "cra y eggs" as they we odd shapes and sizes to sell. I was always very grateful and offered to pay but no money was accepted. They were lovely eggs.

I like the Burford brown eggs they always seem tastier to other eggs.

Never tried them, but always buy organic and free range. Feeding marigolds to hens does not bother me however.

Is the Marigold and Paprika in anyway detrimental to the hens health? This reminds me of corn-fed chicken.
Is it good, bad or irrelevent!

Confess to never having heard of Burford eggs.

I buy ours at our local butcher. Think they’re £1.60 for 6.

Large and brown.

Only from a few miles away.

I only ever buy free range eggs but did a taste experiment with buying the Burfords, just six last Autumn sometime.Neither me or DP noticed any difference in taste to any other free range eggs which are all nice but never as good as from anyone who keeps hens as once a neighbour did, and gave us a few now and then.

My son buys them but I'm not sure why. I eat them sometimes, can't say I've noticed much difference apart from the appearance.

I tried feeding my 3 chucks marigolds - they were not impressed

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I tried feeding my 3 chucks marigolds - they were not impressed

I can report that chucks like digestive biscuits and apples😃