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

On Fri 15 Feb 2008 10:30:23a, John Kane told us...

> 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.
>


They are not. I had a childhood friend whose right eye was pecked out by a
rooster.

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