ELI5, why are egg yokes from outward the U.S. much more orange than in the States?

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ELI5, why are egg yokes from outward the U.S. much more orange than in the States?

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Answer 1

False premise. Pale yolks can be found ex-US and bright dark orange yolk can be found in the US.

The color comes from stuff the chicken eats. Feed them wheat and certain bugs, you get paler eggs. Corn, yellower eggs. Alfalfa meal, or food with yellow flower petals mixed in, rich dark yellow or orange.