Feeding Silky Fowl hens a paprika supplement for a month seems to lower their blood fat levels a lot, but the same doesn’t happen in Rhode Island Red hens — so the effect might depend on the chicken...

Feeding Silky Fowl hens a paprika supplement for a month raises their 'good' cholesterol and improves their overall cholesterol balance, but the same doesn’t happen in Rhode Island Red hens — so the effect depends on the chicken breed.

Giving older laying hens paprika extract in their food makes their egg yolks more colorful, especially in Rhode Island Reds — they respond more than Silky Fowl hens when given a higher dose.

Giving certain plant and bacterial supplements to two types of chickens—Rhode Island Reds and Silkies—makes their egg yolks richer in colorful nutrients called carotenoids after a month, and Silkies seem to absorb more of these nutrients than the other chickens.

Silky Fowl chickens put more eye-healthy nutrients into their egg yolks than Rhode Island Reds when they eat certain colorful plant supplements — it’s in their genes!