did you read any of this thread? battery and free range are the same thing, its just the media ect that have made people think free range chickens spend all day running around a field
Eggs, free range, or doesn't it matter?
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did you read any of this thread? battery and free range are the same thing, its just the media ect that have made people think free range chickens spend all day running around a field
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I thought an argument against free range is that when left to roam, chickens are potentially eating polluted / contaminated food etc?
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+1 these are incredible eggs!
I don't know whether it's down to the welfare, the breed, or both, but they are the best I've tried
Actually the diets of free range eggs are better which is where much of the flavour comes from. Cheap eggs often have much more basic diet consisting of mostly fish protein - less creaminess in the egg yolk and often smaller yolk as a consequence.
There's degrees of freedom.
Caged is caged.
Barn is slightly better, all indoors with room to move.
Free range is like barn with access to an outdoors area.
Organic is generally the highest standard of welfare. Outside and all that, depends on the farm mind.
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I'm trying their duck eggs this monthsee what they are like.
Ah, excellent. On offer at the moment too, might add some
After seeing this recomendation i buy these now
Not a fan at all, pretty tasteless, not noticeably richer and egg whites are wrong. Shame I got a months supply, will be going back to blue wheel next month.
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I get free range too, as they taste so much nicer. I get mine from a local farmer @ £2/doz medium (ie normal supermarket size) and £3/doz large
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Would never buy caged hen eggs or cheap eggs, it's not just the taste but the likely nutritional value.
It's a bit like saying farmed salmon tastes the same as wild, but wild salmon is known to have much higher quantities of omega 3.
I don't buy eggs often but usually get organic eggs. These (the yolk)are more pale than free range as I think the free range birds are fed with a feed that causes a deeper colour to the yolk (but harmless).
Must try the clarence court eggs mentioned here.
It's a bit like saying farmed salmon tastes the same as wild, but wild salmon is known to have much higher quantities of omega 3.
I don't buy eggs often but usually get organic eggs. These (the yolk)are more pale than free range as I think the free range birds are fed with a feed that causes a deeper colour to the yolk (but harmless).
Must try the clarence court eggs mentioned here.
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Smaller the cage, cheaper the egg 
Generally get free range though.
Generally get free range though.
My father in law's free range chickens;
As mentioned earlier in the thread, approx 50% of the eggs go to Waitrose.
Pic was taken on Saturday shortly after it had rained heavily, so not many venturing out. IIRC, the shed in the pic holds 6,000, he has another two holding 4,000 and 3,000.
As mentioned earlier in the thread, approx 50% of the eggs go to Waitrose.
Pic was taken on Saturday shortly after it had rained heavily, so not many venturing out. IIRC, the shed in the pic holds 6,000, he has another two holding 4,000 and 3,000.
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That's really cool