Which came first, the happy chicken or the good egg?

How about both?

“Eggs from pasture fed hens constitute the most

complete nutrition and economical

form of animal protein and are valued

by traditional cultures throughout

the world.”

Pasture-raised chickens–those hens that are allowed to freely

roam in their natural environment

and fed good organic feed without antibiotics

are producing a superior product as

opposed to the standard:

sick, caged hens who

never see the light of day and

as a result produce a dull colored

yellow-yolked egg with very little

flavor.

Pasture-raised hens’ eggs contain:

• 1/3 less cholesterol
• 1/4 less saturated fat
• 2/3 more Vitamin A
• 7 times more beta carotene
• 3 times more Vitamin E
• Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids

Happy chickens running free, pecking pasture, eating

seeds, green plants, insects and worms, along with grains,

produce a far more nutritionally-packed egg than

most eggs in the regular grocery store.

If you buy cheap, supermarket eggs,

you are missing out on the valuable nutrients,

your supporting an industrial production

system that treats animals cruelly.

These birds are likely to

never see a blade of grass.

They eat cheap feed with additives

that are bad for the bird and humans

alike.

They are often kept in huge, smelly

barns crowded in cages never getting

fresh air and sunshine.

Are these chickens happy?

Do we care?

Convinced yet?

Crack a grocery store egg.

Next to it,

crack a free-range,

organic egg.

Compare yolk color.

Compare shell thickness.

Notice the dull yellow color of the

factory egg yolk?

How about the bright orange color

of the organic yolk?

Notice how thick the organic eggshell

is?

Most of the free-range hens are fed supplemental

oyster shells to add calcium which makes

the egg shells super strong.

Now cook the two eggs separately.

Compare flavor.

There is simply more flavor with a free-range

egg in my humble opinion.

Well, think about it.

What do you want?

I want a perfect egg from a happy chicken

eating organic feed, raised by a local

farmer for the health of it and for

the continued sustainability of the planet

and small farms.

And I want happy chickens running free.

Now you choose.

Thanks Mother Earth News

and

Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon

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