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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

--- On Sat, 11/22/08, eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:


> I recently read where they are now feeding chickens brown 
> tinted chalk and that makes a white egg chicken lay brown 
> eggs. This was due to the fact people believe the brown 
> ones are more wholesome and better for you. The quality of 
> the egg should have nothing to do with the egg's color,
> 
> but how the hen is raised and what she feeds on. Because 
> the standard factory bred hen lays white eggs, people just 
> assume the other colors are not from factories.--Sage

Chicken food affects the color of the yolk.  Ours were darker than what were 
in our stores then because ours were fed corn, and I believe those in stores 
were fed wheat.  For a while we were feeding milo, which made the yokes so 
red it was almost unappetizing.
Van Dell