Grass Fed Ground Beef tastes Fishy?

#21

Do those say pasture raised? I imagine if they only ate grass, worms and bugs the eggs might taste different? I want to get my own hens and a portable hen house/tractor which I can move each day over a new piece of grass.

(mole person) #22

Maybe it really is something not everyone is sensitive to. I imagine such a fishy taste would put many people off, so perhaps only a smaller subset of people experience it. My husband found it absolutely awful. To me it was noticable but, well, I like fish, so it didn’t really bother me…lol.

Oh, I never leave my eggs out. So it’s not that. And I’m sure no one is leaving their beef out.

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #23

They say this here:

The Born 3 Eggs are the result of extensive research partially funded by the National Research Council of Canada and the Science Council of B.C. aimed at modifying the fat in the egg yolk. Through an advanced formulation which removes all of the beef tallow (fat) and meat by-products, we have been able to develop an all vegetarian chicken feed. This premium vegetarian diet, contains a unique combination of ingredients such as flax seed, wheat, corn and soybean meal which together modify the fat in the yolk of the Born 3 egg.

For several years Born Poultry Farms worked with feed experts, dietitians and veterinarians on the development of this special feed formulation. When fed to the laying hens, this special diet produces a unique nutritional egg without altering the egg's smell or taste...

So they’ve developed a ‘new and improved™’ chicken feed. No fishmeal, so maybe that’s why the eggs don’t taste fishy. Just a guess. No mention of grazing grass or eating bugs. When I homesteaded at LaBerge in the Yukon we always had egg-laying chickens and as best as I can recall (it was long ago and far away!) these Born 3 eggs taste the same. I fed my chickens a standard feed of the time, but they also had free access to graze and eat whatever else they could find for themselves. We had a fairly large fenced yard for them to forage.

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #24

As I noted in the previous response, Born 3 developed a ‘new and improved™’ chicken feed that did not alter the smell or taste of the eggs. I’ll say they taste exactly like other non Ω 3 eggs. But I must add that I’m put off by the inclusion of soy in the feed. I’m way beyond caring about whatever estrogen effects there may be, but still it’s messing with hormones and that can’t end well in my opinion. This is probably the first and only dozen Born 3 eggs I purchase. I have other options. But then, soy is probably in everyone else’s chicken feed too.

I was just being facetious. Sometimes my humour is as subtle as that Ω 3 egg fishy taste. :slightly_smiling_face:

(Full Metal KETO AF) #25

Vegan chickens!..:man_facepalming:t3: If chickens have a choice it’s bugs and animals first. I figured this might have something to do with flax. I’d definitely trust pastured chickens over vegan ones.

Question…Plant Omega3 isn’t nearly as bioavailable as animal sourced Omega3. It needs to be converted into a usable source by your body. Has that already been done by the chicken? I don’t know the answer. :cowboy_hat_face:

(mole person) #26

:joy:

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #27

@David_Stilley I need to continue my search for the fishy Ω 3 egg. Next up, free range™. Born 3 seems quite pleased with their vegetarian chicken feed. I wonder if other producers are just as pleased with their carnivore chicken feed? I suspect the chickens are quite pleased eating bugs.

(Carnivore for the win) #28

I have a friend that grows beef. Same group of cattle in the same fields can taste different from batch to batch. It can sometimes have a fishy taste. Not sure what it is from. I’ll keep risking it, as it doesn’t taste more fishy than a super rich egg yolk.

(Full Metal KETO AF) #29

Caviar! Salmon Roe! $$$$$

(Edith) #30

I don’t understand why people think it’s a great thing to feed chickens a vegetarian diet. Chickens are not herbivores, they are omnivores. You should see our chicken eat leftover steak. They LOVE it.

#31

And just because an animal is fed organic vegetarian doesn’t mean a thing if they eating grains full of PUFA! Trying to get away from the PUFA.

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #32

@Jennifer72 Apparently the PUFAs are precisely the reason they’re feeding them a vegetarian diet, especially flax seeds. They supposedly have an excellent omega 6/3 ratio.

#33

But I read flax seed isn’t the right kind of omega 3… that you need EPA+DHA.

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #34

Good point! I don’t know. But it’s probably a good idea not to eat chicken feed.

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #35

I made mayo tonight using a couple of my Born 3 eggs. It seems to have resulted in a slightly ‘creamier’ mayo than the standard generic eggs I’ve used previously. So good for something! The yokes are a bit darker as well which made the mayo a hint darker (yellow).