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[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I looked this up on Google and several sites say that you can tell what color eggs a hen will lay by looking at their earlobes... I didn't even know chickens had earlobes lol

[–] comador@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's not consistently true, Leghorns have yellow colored ears and lay white eggs, but yes, MOST eggs can be differentiated by their "lobes".

Source: Used to raise chickens growing up on a farm.

[–] squid_slime@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

The fuck? I didn't know this either

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

their turning the freakin hens gay

[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

♫ When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs, every morning to help me get large. Now that I'm grown I eat five dozen eggs, so I'm roughly the size of a barge! ♫

[–] dingus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Just imagine sitting down and eating five fucking dozen eggs to start your day. Gaston is insane.

[–] BoisZoi@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

lets out sulfur farts all day

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'll be damned if I'm gonna eat a blue egg

[–] JizzmasterD@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Would you, could you on a boat?

[–] walter_wiggles@lemmy.nz 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Would you, could you with your throat?

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

the throat goat make the scrote bloat

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

crewmate bluemate redmate ventmate

-Impostor Sus

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

No juevos verdes y jamon.

Yo soy Ramon.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

What are you, chicken?

[–] wieson@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They're from Araucana chicken from south America. Pretty cool if you ask me

[–] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago

I didn't know Araucana was spelled that way, neat!

My family had a few when I was growing up, the eggs were delicious and they only chased me around the yard sometimes

[–] HeapOfDogs@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

This feels more like mildly infuriating since the color gradient is just slightly off

[–] ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

You can't make a Tomlette without breaking some Greggs

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love the bantam egg on top.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It makes the whole thing look like some kind of ergonomic laptop keyboard, with that egg on top being the mouse clit.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I’d like to see a computer user in 1985 try to parse this.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[–] fleabomber@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago

And tney all taste the same on the inside.

Just like us

[–] MacedWindow@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I dont know whats driving this impulse but I really want to lay on them like a bed of nails

[–] ridethespiral@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is there a way to tell what eggs might have deep orange yolks? I find they taste (and look!) much better. Most eggs from the store over the last year have been very pale yellow yolks.

That depends more on the hen's diet rather than what type of chicken. Backyard chickens that actually forage for wild bugs get darker yolks.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I always thought blue egg is rotten

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The egg shell doesn’t really change color. I’ve had rotten eggs that had white shells. The hen layer determines the color of the egg.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My mistake, what i've seen is actually myna's egg, which is blue.

Which is a TIL as well.