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were can u buy eggs with light colored yokes,  
when Two Farm Kids are out

T&T eggs (sold at the Co-op) has eggs that have pale yolks.

Why would you want light coloured yokes as opposed to regular? I just wondered as I’ve never heard of this request before.

Some people are very particular about the colour of their eggs. I got eggs with orange yolks once - YUCK!! They tasted fine (according to my husband) but I couldn't get past the colour.  
 
Or maybe they want them for something specific that they don't want the dark colour in whatever they're doing/making.  
 
To the OP: I was going to suggest two farm kids LOL. I find their eggs are consistently among the palest.

Corn must be the cheaper food source now, that is the main reason yolks get darker  
Might be getting eggs from the US now cause the feed a higher corn ratio

It was my understanding that a dark yolk is ideal because it is an indication that the chicken received proper nutrition

This is why I asked. I’m not greatly experienced in poultry ( only kept a few for ourselves some years ago ), but I always understood that a dark yolk indicated slightly better nutritional content and flavour and was favourable. Personally I think that eggs produced in Canada taste far superior to anything that we had in the UK. I had never heard before of someone wanting lighter yolks hence my curiosity.

While the colour of the yolk is an indicator of their diet, it doesn't mean it's "proper nutrition" (although I would assume all egg producers give their hens the best diet possible in their circumstance). The colour can be influenced by the type of feed (corn vs. wheat, for example), but can also be manipulated by non-nutritive additives like marigold petals.  
 
One thing for certain, that if a hen is eating their natural, omnivorous diet, which i:ncludes bugs and greens in addition to their grain, their yolks will be naturally darker. BUT, because the colour can be influenced independently of that via additives, you can't rely on that as an indicator unless you KNOW the hens are allowed access to the outdoors and permitted to forage, i.e. from a small producer selling from a farm gate in all likelihood.  
 
All eggs, regardless of how they are produced, have fundamentally the same nutrition, with small variations in the micro-nutrient levels. In mass-produced eggs, from a marketing standpoint at least, the biggest factor for colour is simply visual appeal.  
 
https://www.rd.com/article/egg-yolks-different-colors/  
 
https://www.organicvalley.coop/blog/what-does-egg-yolk-color-mean/

Anyone who I know that prefers the lighter yolk says it is mainly for visual appeal, and most were taught that the darker yolk is “gross”. Go figure. All tastes the same to me  
 
Edited by New times, 2021-01-04 17:59:27

tried eating those really yellow yokes, an i just couldnt'  
it turned me right off eggs

Exactly what Abbysmum said. Eggs in the store are all the same.  
 
As someone who has chickens who free range the darker the yolk the better. Also yolk colour can be different based on chicken breed.

I sent you a pm

To each their own, but this is so bizarre to me. Lol.  
 
The darker the yolk the better in my books. TC, I would say try WalMart. In my experience with eggs, the bigger the production, the lighter the yolk. Stay away from anything free-range or organic sourced.

eggs from Shoppers Drug Mart, 18th. street. Sometimes the yolks are light yellow, sometimes a bit darker. To me an egg is an egg!