It can be surprising to crack open an egg and see a bright orange yolk instead of the expected pale yellow, or vice versa.

Not all chicken yolks look the same. Some are pale yellow — while some are so orange they're nearly red. But what does it mean? Are egg yolks like lettuce, where a darker color indicates more ...

The color of a chicken yolk, cookbook author and backyard chicken expert Lisa Steele told Fox News Digital, "is completely dependent on the hen's diet." Steele, who lives in Maine, is the creator of ...

Fox News Digital spoke to an egg expert based in Maine to find out why egg yolks come in different colors — and if these different colors mean anything significant in terms of nutrition.

An ongoing recall of Costco eggs over salmonella has been escalated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, who placed the recall in its most severe class in December 2024, about a month after ...

Related: Yes, the Color of Your Egg Yolk Matters — Here’s What It Means Poultry ... Generally laid by white birds with white earlobes Common U.S. breed is White Leghorn chickens “For chickens that lay ...

Related: Yes, the Color of Your Egg Yolk Matters — Here’s What It ... birds with white earlobes Common U.S. breed is White Leghorn chickens “For chickens that lay brown eggs, a pigment ...

Eggs are a part of that. Pennsylvania is the fourth-largest poultry producing state. In August alone, the state’s chickens laid more than 700 million eggs. Billions are produced annually — in ...

Make sure to check your refrigerator because some eggs recalled by Costco may still be chilling in there. The Kirkland Signature Organic Pasture Raised eggs were recalled Nov. 27 by producer ...

We asked poultry experts to explain what’s behind the shade of your egg yolk, from pale yellow to ... Crossroads Farm in Shelburne, Vermont. “Chicken feed can create yolks with an orange ...