Same as rancher, I could go on with a lot of reasons.
Flavor and freshness is a big one. Though there is actually getting to be a lot of more local eggs in the stores.
Handsome Brooke Farms out of Franklin NY is in many supermarkets now, free range, pasture raised, USDA Certified Organic, American Humane Certified.
But how does one place sell so many eggs? They package eggs from other farms that run the same and are also certified. These are not 'cage free' eggs, but eggs like all of us raise, happy chickens.
“You are what you eat” certainly applies to eggs. It makes sense. Handsome Brook Farm’s Pasture Raised hens have a naturally healthy diet, foraging outside in the fresh air – and this translates into a more nutritionally dense egg than non-pastured eggs. Studies show that Pasture Raised eggs have lower cholesterol and fat, more Vitamin A, D, and E, higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids, and higher levels of carotene."
But expensive compared to having your own eggs.
My brother just got back from a long vacation, they go on a lot.
First thing he did was post a pic on FB of a fresh egg from one of his hens in a frying pan, said he was so happy to eat a egg that the yolk was orange and stood up, not the yellow flat ones they'd been forced to eat while gone Lol!
The meat, more flavor, store bought chickens are hatch to store in 6-8 weeks, no time to develop flavor, bland and mushy. Heritage breeds take more $$ to raise but develop flavor and if processed young can be tender, otherwise certain cooking methods help (some find them tough)
Brining helps, cooking low and slow helps, certain breeds help, I'm kinda partial to the naked necks right now, meaty tender birds even the DW and kids like.
Most of all, they were raised humane, had a good life, and we know what's in them.
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