welfare, or the nutritional quality of the egg.
A pale yolk can come from a healthy hen, while a dark orange yolk may come from a bird raised under very different conditions. The shade of the yolk is largely related to diet and the pigments present in the feed.
Factors such as the hen’s overall nutrition, living conditions, freshness of the eggs, and farm management practices can provide more useful information than yolk color alone.
How to Recognize a Fresh Egg
When evaluating egg quality, there are several characteristics that
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