Re: Chicken Feed Marigolds

**"bbmackey" b*@prodigy.net**

Marigold petals -- that's one of the things Frank Perdue fed to his famous 
chickens to give them the healthy looking yellow skin color. It helped lead 
him to a healthy fortune! That and a good PR firm, among other things.

Also, the herb known as Mexican Tarragon is a type of marigold (Tagetes 
lucida) and is a pretty good substitute for true tarragon. Maybe all those 
petals helped flavor the chicken.

>From the snowy Mid-Atlantic,

Betty Mackey
www.mackeybooks.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>

> Listserv member Gerald Burke has a fascinating article in the winter issue
> of The Heirloom Gardener on how orange marigolds are used to make egg 
> yolks
> a deeper color.  The flower petals are fed to laying hens.  Another more
> important benefit is that the flower pigment  contains beneficial 
> compounds
> that aid eye health.
>
> Kudos to Gerald for this article.
> Doreen Howard
>

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