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Default Are egg yokes from vegetaian fed chickens supposed to be darkorange?

Mark Thorson wrote:
> JW wrote:
>> I bought some of these eggs the other day. Never seen them before.
>> Mind you, they were close to the best before date, but I've never
>> seen dark orange yokes before. Should I be concerned?

>
> Only if it bothers you that the chickens were fed
> marigold petals. This is a common practice in
> South America, but it is also practiced in the U.S.


Didn't the late Frank Perdue advertise that his chickens ate marigold
petals? I seem to recall that from a previous life in the North.

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