Why Are Some Egg Yolks So Orange?
The easiest way to understand yolk color is to think about diet.
Hens that consume feed containing more yellow, orange, or green plant pigments can produce eggs with more intensely colored yolks.
Things such as corn, leafy greens, marigold-derived pigments, and other plant ingredients can influence yolk color.
That means two perfectly ordinary hens can produce eggs with noticeably different yolks simply because their diets are different.
One might produce a pale yellow yolk.
