Suizhong Native Chicken Eggs

Suizhong Native Chicken Eggs

　　Native chicken eggs, also known as free-range eggs, country eggs, or grassland eggs, generally refer to eggs laid by hens raised in the wild by farmers on hillsides. These chickens freely scratch the soil for food and eat insects. Their diet consists of insects, green grass, leftover rice and dishes, and to encourage more egg production, they may also be fed grains such as corn and bran. Because their feed lacks many essential additives found in specialized commercial chicken feed—such as bone meal and hormones—due to the above reasons, their egg whites are thick, translucent, and highly nutritious.

　　The chickens' feed contains almost no chemical additives but rather consists of rice, vegetables, and surface insects (making the nutrition in their feed more balanced overall); the chickens nest and lay eggs in a normal environment; their nutritional value is quite high (at least compared to eggs produced in captivity), which is why they are favored by many consumers. They can be distinguished by the following features: native eggs are generally smaller in size, have thicker shells, are often brown-shelled, and when cracked open, have stickier egg whites and more vibrant-colored yolks.