All of this means that free-range eggs are the healthiest. And that's one of the reasons we raise chickens, right?
So how can we get those delicious, dark orange-yellow colors from our backyard chickens?
Let your chickens roam freely and eat whatever they find in the soil to achieve the orange-yellow color.
- Give them plenty of fresh vegetables to boost the lutein content of their egg yolks. The darker the green, the better; so I often make a feast of amaranth (one of my favorite summer vegetables), kale, cabbage, broccoli leaves, and anything else I can find in the garden. If it's winter and garden vegetables are scarce, you can feed them alfalfa.
