Free-Range Chicken Farm

15/04/2019

05/03/2019

This post will change your mind about eating eggs

17/01/2019

Just one egg yolk contains about 115 mg of choline. Choline is not actually considered a mineral or a vitamin, but is known to be an essential micronutrient needed for many functions of the body, especially for brain function.

Sources: Food is Medicine, Radiant Life Blog, Egg Farmers of Ontario

12/01/2019

The best type of eggs come from pastured free range chicken, where the birds are allowed to roam freely and eat insects and plants. The nutrients from this varied diet can then be transferred into the eggs and, as you’ll see ahead, the nutritional profile of free range eggs are significantly better in many ways.

This is a relatively inexpensive food and it’s worth a little more for all the free range egg benefits ahead.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF FREE RANGE EGGS

A comparison of nutritional data for caged versus free range eggs found, on average, the free range eggs had:

Twice as much omega-3 fatty acids.
Three times more vitamin E.
Seven times more pro-vitamin A beta-carotene.
A quarter less saturated fat.
A third less cholesterol.
Other tests have demonstrated that pastured eggs have up to six times more essential vitamin D than regular supermarket eggs. They have also been shown to have significantly more B vitamins than a factory egg.

01/01/2019

10 Fun Facts About Chickens
Chickens on farm
1. The scientific name for a chicken is Gallus gallus domesticus. Male chickens are called roosters, female chickens are called hens, and babies are called chicks.

2. A study done in 2003 estimated that there were over 24 billion chickens in the world. Not only do chickens outnumber people more than 3 to 1, but there are more chickens than any other kind of bird in the world.

3. Chickens are omnivores, which mean they eat both plants and meat. In the wild, they’ve been known to feast on seeds, insects, and even larger animals like lizards and wild mice. Domesticated chickens usually eat corn meal, seeds, and wild grasses.

4. Domesticated chickens generally do not fly, though they may travel a short distance by air if they perceive danger, or to get over a fence or into a bush.

5. Chickens are very social and congregate together in a flock. They form what is called a “pecking order,” and give priority to dominant birds in terms of food access and nesting locations. Adding or taking away a hen or a rooster from a flock can cause great stress to all the birds, resulting in fights and injuries until a new pecking order is established.

Rooster Blue Feather
6. Mother hens don’t usually feed their chicks directly (like many other birds do), but rather she leads them to appropriate food and water sources and encourages the babies to feed themselves. She will care for them for several weeks until they are big enough to fend for themselves.

7. The ancient Greeks believed that even lions were afraid of roosters, as evidenced by several of Aesop’s Fables, such as “The Lion and the Elephant.”

8. The rooster is one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac, being associated with loyalty and keen observation.

Chicken Eggs Multi Colored
9. The color of a hen’s egg is determined by the breed of chicken—and the color of their ears! Generally speaking, chickens with red earlobes will lay brown eggs, and chickens with white earlobes will lay white eggs. The color of the chicken’s feathers have nothing to do with the color of the egg. Surprisingly enough, there are no known nutritional benefit to brown eggs over white eggs (or vice versa), so it seems to be all in the personal preference!

25/12/2018

Merry Christmas!

24/12/2018

BROWN EGGS A HIGH DEMAND!

16/11/2018