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  • From: VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Homestead] egg color
  • Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:13:04 -0800 (PST)

--- 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





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