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Free range hens have more yellow in their yolks due to the grasses etc that they eat. Not to brag, but the eggs they lay have been remarked on by folks that they really are the richest yolks they have ever had, you can taste the lecithin and Vit.D in them. I think it is the amount of sunshine they get.. Small coops should have shade, and the area that they run in has to have shade in the summer, but mine have a big barn, facing the sun, and they have 3/4 acre to run in, and move from shade to sun freely. Free ranging makes a huge difference, as does a good feed, mixed with some cracked corn and sunflower seeds and oyster shells.
When I had my chickens, people said that I had the best eggs around. :-). Not to brag. They were free range, and fed cracked corn, had oyster shells. I also fed them popcorn as a treat.
Addendum to this, there is a compost farm up the road from me, they bag it and sell it and it is quite the operation. He expanded to raising chickens, who are pastured and fed only compost and very little feed. They peck out all the green in 2 days, he slaughters them young so the eggs remain pullet sized, looking for a profit Those eggs he sells have such anemic yolks, worse than some supermarket eggs. The guy actually got a grant to raise them on compost. Of course I give out good food scraps, rice, pasta, scraps from the garden, but I do not just feed them that, they would be dead from malnuttrition after a year. he has buckets all over town and collects from restaurants, the schools, etc, all the scrapings from plates. No care if the food is organic, claims that the composting method he uses destroys chemicals. He is full of shit, it does not, all it destroys is pathogens, if done correctly, and not all of them either.
Concur. Biochemist chiming in, composting does NOT break down most chemicals by itself. Think about it: MSG survives cooking on high heat.