Paul Saladino· MD
A lot of these eggs will say vegetarian feeding. That's just kind of silly. You don't want your chickens to be vegetarian. The healthiest eggs come from chickens that eat bugs and worms.
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A lot of these eggs will say vegetarian feeding. That's just kind of silly. You don't want your chickens to be vegetarian. The healthiest eggs come from chickens that eat bugs and worms.
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The healthiest eggs come from chickens that eat bugs and worms. In fact, I recently came across eggs in a local butcher shop here in Austin that are semi carnivorous. The chickens eat venison tartans, which is amazing. So I think those are the best eggs I'm ever going to eat.