Vitamin D

Hens who bask in the sun, receive more vitamin D than housed chickens.

Researchers discovered that yolks from birds that are allowed to wander outdoors contain up to 30 per cent more vitamin D than those from birds kept in sheds or cages.

Dirt baths in the sun!

  • Sunning themselves
    Sunning themselves
  • Dirt baths
    Dirt baths
  • Dirt baths for everyone.
    Dirt baths for everyone.
  • Lots of vitamin D
    Lots of vitamin D

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4000084/Eggs-free-range-hens-shown-contain-30-Vitamin-D.html#ixzz4dkX9YJP3