Absolutely. Everyone I know who has read the legal requirements for this phrase on cartons has felt cheated and even kind of betrayed. They really thought it was different. That's not to say that if you put free range on your eggs that you are necessarily doing the minimum; it's just that...
Um, I hate to say this, but uncaged can mean piled on the floor in the very same building they used to have the cages in, and not any better treatment. Even free range, by legal definition, can be put on eggs that have access to outdoors for a certain time period (very small). If I were you, I...
I think it would be easier to let her out in the afternoon, then you could take her off the roost to bring her in for the morning rather than catching her to bring her in.