Easy Chicken House Plans

The latest tests on chickens that are raised free range are showing that eggs hatched under these conditions are for more nutritious than eggs that are hatched from chickens that are raised in constrained conditions. In fact, Mother Earth News came out with findings showing that free ranged eggs are 4 to 6 times better in vitamin D than supper market eggs.

Eggs purchased in supermarkets are inferior to the eggs produced from chickens who are allowed to peck on the pasture compared to chickens that are kept in cages.

The testing done by Mother Earth News found that, compared to the results for official U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) nutrition data from commercial eggs, free range eggs contain a 1/3 less cholesterol, a 1/4 percent less saturated fat, 2/3 more rich in vitamin A, as much as 2 times more of the wonderful omega-3 fatty acids, up to 3 times more vitamin E and 7 times more beta carotene.  That is definitely worth switching to a more wholesome healthy free range egg.

The tests done by Mother Earth News came from a range of 14 flocks of chickens around the country that where range free.  Range free is considered chickens and hens that are allowed to room free on a farm or around a household or in movable chicken tractors.  The tests where done by an accredited laboratory in Portland, Ore.

For verification of the facts above you can easily find this information on the Mother Earth News website.