Health Benefits

There are many benefits of Rent The Chicken compared to mass produced eggs that most of us have been eating for years.  Rent The Chickens are not pumped full of steroids which in turn makes their eggs be pumped full of steroids (among other things!)  They are not kept in a small one cubic foot box.  They are allowed space to eat, drink, and be merry -- or at least walk around.  Our chickens are happy chickens and you will find out that each chicken truly does have an independent personality.  Here's how Rent The Chicken eggs can help you:

Health Benefits 
Jennifer Trainer Thompson, author of "The Fresh Egg Cookbook: From Chicken to Kitchen, Recipes for Using Eggs from Farmers' Markets, Local Farms, and Your Own Backyard", published by Storey Publishing, says that an egg's nutrition contains protein second to a mother's milk.  Your backyard chicken eggs also contain 9 essential amino acids and 13 essential vitamins!  Each eggs has a low fat content of only 5 grams plus an egg is one of the few foods that contain natural Vitamin D!

Natural Vitamin D, according to wikipedia, is claimed to have benefits including promotion of good bone health, anti-cancer properties, and more!

A Mother Earth News study posted results from farm fresh eggs being more healthy than confined factory farms hens to include:

• 1/3 less cholesterol
• 1/4 less saturated fat
• 2/3 more vitamin A
• 2 times more omega-3 fatty acids
• 3 times more vitamin E
• 7 times more bata carotene