REVIEW: Eggland's Best Organic Eggs = Thumbs Down!!

First let me give you a little background.

We have chickens -- 9 hens and 1 rooster.  They eat worms, grass, etc. along with scratch and feed we buy from the co-op.  Our chickens are not given antibiotics nor growth hormones.  They are Black Star chickens and produce beautiful, large, brown eggs that have a dark yellow almost orange looking yolk.  You can tell a "farm" egg at an instant when compared to a "store egg" (aka caged chicken and not an organic egg) because of the color of the yolk (read on).

Our hens are not producing very many eggs at the moment for some reason so we've been buying a few dozen now and then.  With our recent decision to go organic, etc. I bought a dozen of the Eggland's Best Organic brown eggs which are touted as 100% natural.  I also had in my fridge about 10 eggs from a dozen of white, non-organic eggs. 

Well I cracked the white eggs and as usually, I see a yellow yolk - light in color, which is typical of caged chickens in the "chicken houses" that supply the grocery stores.

I needed a couple more eggs so I cracked two of the Eggland's Best Organic brown eggs and I could NOT tell the difference in the yolks.  They looked so much alike it was ridiculous.    I was definitely expecting to see a dark yellow yolk from those eggs like I see from our farm chickens' eggs.

I called the company and told them of my disappointment and was told it depended on what the chickens eat.... corn, etc.    .... which may have a little something to do with it but when you compare a non-organic egg with an organic egg and you can't see the difference then there's an issue in my book.   Plus she said that the "organic" on their label just meant that the land the chickens were raised on was organically maintained... ie no herbicides or pesticides.  So I questioned her about if their chickens are given growth hormones or antibiotics and she hesitated a little before she said no.  I was not pleased with her answers or how she answered.

I've had Land O Lakes organic eggs in the past (thanks to coupons and a great markdown sale at Bi-Lo that made them about .40 a dozen) and those egg yolks looked identical to the ones from our chickens' eggs.

I told the company rep. all of that.  I was offered a coupon and I told them no thank you that I would not buy their eggs again.

So either I'll buy another brand of eggs when needed or we'll be getting more chickens... I'd prefer buying more hens.  :)  That or I'll be watching for local farmers who have signs up with eggs for sale... which isn't a bad idea either as they are cheaper than the organic eggs in the store.