pastured chickens usually are fed grains but also eat bugs and greens.
They taste and look a little different than "ordinary" free range
chickens -- stronger flavor, more muscle definition.

--Richard

Tom Bridgeland wrote:

> On Friday, April 16, 2004, at 06:53  AM, Ashley Moran wrote:
>
>>  I saw the inside of a free-range egg carton the other day,
>> which proudly boasted that their hens were so healthy and produced such
>> good eggs because they were fed on grains.  I don't think this even
>> bears commenting on.
>
>
> Not so strange, really. Chicken's natural foods are seeds, bugs, and
> greens, so free range chickens eating grains would be very healthy.
>