Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Fri 15 Feb 2008 07:26:08a, enigma told us...
>
>> tbs48 > wrote in
>>
>> oups.com:
>>
>>> On Feb 14, 2:58 pm, John Kane > 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?
>>> This is often the reaction of someone encountering a
>>> 'real' egg. The
>>> birds have probably been eating real food. However are you
>>> sure they are 'vegetarian' as opposed to 'organic'?
>>>
>>> One should note that chickens will eat dead chickens, too.
>> and dead mice, moles, voles, etc (my barn cats & the chickens
>> are a deadly team). they also hunt & eat small snakes, frogs &
>> salamanders.
>> lee
>
> hmmm... Predatory chickens!
>
If you've ever watched a flock of free range chickens the term
'predatory' seems very apt. The roosters do not look cuddly.

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John Kane, Kingston ON Canada