[quote]DoNkAy wrote:
Personally, I would be worried less about the feed given, then how the chicken was raised. I say this will the thought that better treated chickens are more often then not given better food.
Since the composition of eggs laid by free range chickens are relatively different from those of farmed, you can only conclude that there must be some bodily difference between the two. Whether it affects the meat (and/or fat), I’m not too sure, but I tend to think it does.
This being the case, personally I eat grain fed cheap-o grocery store chicken breast. Since it’s a staple in my diet, there’s no way I could afford any different. Is it the best choice? probably not, but it’s better then nothing.[/quote]
I had a thread last year comparing local eggs vs. store bought omega3 egss vs. ‘regular eggs’
I think I agree that environment > feed (of course given that they’re not feeding them concrete or hazmat). A lot of people feed their animals (chicken, cattle, etc) grains.
These “small lot” animals can roam the farm and the meat tastes wonderful (and visibly look and taste better than the ‘mass produced’ animals.
I don’t even pay attention to “organic” vs. non-organic. I’d pay more attention to how the animal was raised.