Do blue eggs taste different to “normal” eggs?
A. No. In blind taste tests, people couldn’t tell the difference between the cheapest battery farm laid, barn laid, free range, woodland reared and home reared eggs. There is a relatively good reason for this. An egg has to have just the right balance of nutrients in to create a new chick. If the balance of protiens, vitamins and nutrients vary by just a little, chances are that the chick wouldn’t form. Evolution has ensured that eggs are very consistent. Blue eggs do however look great at the kitchen table, and probably have a subliminal effect to make people think that they taste better. Q. What’s the difference between a Bantam Araucana and a Large Fowl Araucana? A. The bantam has been bred to be an exact miniature of the full size bird. So it is smaller and lighter, and lays smaller eggs. Q. The eggs that my Araucana’s lay are not blue. They are green. Why? A. The descendents from the birds that were brought over from South America many years ago used to lay striking blue eggs. Som
