Light colored grains like corn or wheat do not have the pigment needed to get your orange colored yolks. They are also cheap (relatively) to feed. The commercial eggs farms will feed the cheapest feed possible so that will explain the bland taste of store bought eggs.
I have my own chickens and had been buying feed from the local feed store for years and my chickens have always had plain yellow yolks, they still tasted much better than the store bought eggs though. I let them out to eat whatever they can find in the barnyard and yard during the day. No darker colored yolks though. UNTIL, I added crushed red pepper to their feed 2 weeks ago. Now I am getting some very nice orangish yolks. They still taste the same as my yellow yolked eggs, yes, some of the chickens won't eat the pepper flakes, yet.
It's the pigment that is in the foods that the chickens eat that will determine the color of the yolks. It's really interesting.
It’s what you feed the chickens
Light colored grains like corn or wheat do not have the pigment needed to get your orange colored yolks. They are also cheap (relatively) to feed. The commercial eggs farms will feed the cheapest feed possible so that will explain the bland taste of store bought eggs.
I have my own chickens and had been buying feed from the local feed store for years and my chickens have always had plain yellow yolks, they still tasted much better than the store bought eggs though. I let them out to eat whatever they can find in the barnyard and yard during the day. No darker colored yolks though. UNTIL, I added crushed red pepper to their feed 2 weeks ago. Now I am getting some very nice orangish yolks. They still taste the same as my yellow yolked eggs, yes, some of the chickens won't eat the pepper flakes, yet.
It's the pigment that is in the foods that the chickens eat that will determine the color of the yolks. It's really interesting.