We always had chickens growing up
I learned that when grass hoppers are plentiful you’d best keep your chickens in the pen
Some of those eggs were so bitter they were almost inedible .
Funny I didn't notice anything odd about the flavor of the eggs a buddy of mine's chickens lay. He keeps them in a moveable pen that has wheels, they are great little lawn mowers and man do they love grasshoppers, it was fun feeding them grasshoppers I caught and tossed in the pen for them to fight over.
Someone told me that if you want to have hard boiled eggs that give up the shell easy, try using eggs that are a couple weeks old. Has something to do with the air pocket gets larger as the egg ages, shell gets looser. He raised some turkeys for meat and although not as juicy as store bought, the flavor was much better. He told me I could soak the turkey in a brine overnight to make it juicier. He has a buddy with a trailer he rents out that has everything you need to butcher and process chickens and turkeys, didn't take him long to process twenty five turkeys, amazing.