>>2721667Depends on their feed and the eggs you compare them too. Feed additives can change the flavor of their eggs. I'm feeding my chickens feed fermented with apple cider vinegar and adding 1% cayenne pepper for chicken health and yolk color, 2% biochar for digestion and improving manure quality, and 3% garlic powder for chicken health and egg quality as well as letting them free range so they can do free lawn care and eat pests around the garden. It's worth feeding your chickens organic feed to minimize the glyphosate in their diet too, since it can get into the eggs. My eggs are huge and everyone who tries them prefers them over store bought and sometimes over their own eggs.
>>2721683Nah, my wife is way too attached to our chickens. Plus it stresses out the flock to lose a hen. I lost one to a predator and their egg production was halved for weeks. I don't know how people take advantage of dual purpose birds. Maybe the flock becomes hardened to the losses after a while.
