it is just that the egg yolks are green,
and nobody knows why, photographs Ak
Shihabudheen/Facebook, originally
thought to be the result of digital image editing, the viral photos were
eventually traced back to Ak Shihabudheen, a chicken farmer from Malappuram, in
India, who confirmed that some of his poultry do in fact lay eggs with green egg
yolks, He recently told reporters that journalists and veterinarians
from all over India have contacted him about his strange eggs in recent days,
but he declares himself just as puzzled as everyone else, “It was nine months ago that we first got such an egg with a
green yolk from a hen in our small poultry farm set up along the house,”
Shihabudheen told The News Minute, where you can watch a video of him cracking open a green egg, “We were astonished at first, and did not
use the egg to consume. All the eggs which the hen laid were this kind and so
we started to incubate the eggs. Out of the six chicks which hatched from these
eggs, a few have started to lay eggs and those yolks are also green in color.”
Ak Shihabudheen said that both he and his family have
consumed eggs with green yolks and have had no strange symptoms. He added that
they taste just like normal eggs, Indian media reports that veterinary experts are intrigued by
the strangely-colored egg yolks. Officials from Kerala Veterinary and Animal
Sciences University, visited Shihabudheen’s farm a few days back to see the
chickens and the eggs for themselves, and have taken samples to analyze in
their laboratory, “We have started doing a few tests to find out the reason
behind this. This is a rare phenomenon, and there is a high possibility that it
might be because of the feed that is given to the birds,” Dr S Sankaralingam,
Assistant Professor of Poultry Science, Department of Kerala Veterinary and
Animal Sciences University, said, Shihabudheen doubts that the reason for the bizarre egg yolk
coloration has anything to do with the feed, as he says he feeds all the
poultry with rice and coconut oil cake, as well as organic kitchen waste from
the house, He is eagerly awaiting the results of the experts’ tests, how amazing, I wonder what the outcome of the tests will be, a genetic mutation in the chicken perhaps?
2 comments:
I can imagine everybody buying these and serving them with ham.
Dera Jil, I have to admit they do not appeal to me, but it is strange that they are that color, especially as the owner sort of rules out diet, best regards, Stan and Diana.
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