Store bought brown eggs... vs. mine

[lovemychix]

I bought a dozen hens from a guy who had them in cages. The eggs they laid for the first week were pale yellow, and the whites were runny. After I got them eating and ranging my goodies their eggs are orange yolked and just like my others!!
Those girls are the sweetest hens....so thankful to be with us now. Poor girls even had clipped beaks and looked horrible. Nothing against clipping beaks but this was a real chop job they did. They just love us to pieces.

We saved these girls....I wish I could save more.

They are red stars and they lay huge eggs!!

 

[riderbecky]

Oprah was suppose to have a show with Lisa Ling on doing an expose about where your food comes from. I missed it though...did anyone see it? How was it?

 

[Sequin]

I didn't see Oprah's show, but I did see the dirty jobs episode that was previously mentioned. I agree - that is what I imagine 'cage free' to mean as well. Those turkeys were in deplorable condition. Their feathers were dirty and sparse and ugh - it made me sad and angry. I am so glad that my girls seem to ge in such good health and happy. I am hoping to open a 'farm fresh' stand next year with seasonal veggies from the garden and eggs from our hens as well. We'll see. Depends on how the garden goes. But we have a large enough area that we should be able to pull it off. Guess I better start working on it now. hee hee hee...

 

[Smartie_Pants]

Those "Cage Free" eggs are also suspicious for another reason. Do people not ask why you can buy eggs that are "cage free" OR "organic" but you can't buy "Cage Free Organic" eggs? Don't people who don't have chickens think that cage free means they get to be out in the grass? Then why do they not ask questions about that? I can't remember the last time we bought store eggs, and I hope we never have to again.

 

[FisherMOM]

that's true Smarty_Pants... that is what I was thinking when I read the container....

 

[kaya's farm]

wow 3.30 is cheep 4.89 here for organic eggs

 

[bigzio]

Yep, I managed to see the show....It was worth the watch.

It was both sides of the fence, with one farmer opening the door to the coop for the girls to have a real life free ranging. I think he was collecting like 8,000 eggs a week.

They were happy hens.

The commercial industry felt their birds were treated well living in cages, being provided plenty of food and water, and room to turn around. Being able to stand up and flap their wings isn't part of the program. (pretty sad eh?).

The same issues were delt with for hog farmers...freedom for some and caged for others.

Both poultry sides and hog farmers were there to argue their side of the story.

Prolly can find the story on
www.Oprah.com/lisa ling reports/ where does your food come from
if the link doesn't come up just go to
www.oprah.com
and type it in , the show was on last week.

bigzio