Pastured Eggs (Coming Soon)
Our hens are free range which means they go where they please when they spot something tasty. Their diet mainly consist of native grasses and insects galore. I often see them attracted to composted areas pecking out all the worms and microorganisms. We supplement them with a mixture of grain, legumes, and corn that we have soaked for a few days. They also get all the pork meat and loads of organic veggie scraps. They produce vibrant egg yolks with hardy shells. The flavor is superb as well as the nutritional quality.
Health Benefits of Pastured 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 B6 vitamins than a factory egg.
Egg yolks are also a known source of lutein and zeaxanthin, but the pale, watery yellow yolks in eggs from caged chickens, fed the waste products of the grain industry, contain very little.
Lutein and zeaxanthin are two important antioxidants for the health of your eyes. They help to protect the delicate macula region of your eye from damaging UV and high-intensity blue light.
If you’d like to protect your vision as well as improve your overall health, look for the deep yellow/orange yolks you’ll find in real free range eggs.
