Chickens that are "pasture-raised" or "free range" will typically lay eggs with a darker, more orange-colored yolk, Steele ...

Chickens that are "pasture-raised" or "free range" will typically lay eggs with a darker, more orange-colored yolk, Steele said, "because their diet consists mainly of grasses, weeds and other ...

"The different colors, or the presence of spots or speckling, come down to the genetics of the bird," he says. "Leghorn ...

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Chickens should typically be fed a prepared feed that is balanced for vitamins, minerals and protein. A healthy laying hen diet should also contain crushed oyster shell for egg production and grit for ...

Every year the U.S. egg industry kills about 350 million male chicks because they will never lay eggs and so have little ...