Does anybody not buy Free Range Eggs ?

[Romanymagic]

AndyAudi said:

Agrilla said:

(I'm not naive enough to think that supermarket free range are skipping in the sunshine,

Mine do. I have several thousand Free Range Hens with the ultimate destination of their eggs being the supermakets. It is obvious they do love being outside, when the doors are opened in the morning they just run out to the grass.

I was suprised at the amount of grass they do eat, which, combined with insects etc darkens the colour of the yolk naturally.

Every egg I eat is only a day or two old which taste fantastic, one of the possible differences between supermarket free range eggs and those from folks own hens is that the time scale from farm to shelf may be heading on for a week.

I've read some of the replies with genuine interest, as I believe there is a place for both cage & free range. The welfare of Caged Hens is increasing significantly with the introduction of "Enriched cages" and phasing out of the traditional Battery Cages. Organic Eggs, in my opinion are a waste of time, and not sustainable. I've yet to figure out the point of Barn Egg's

Edited by AndyAudi on Friday 24th July 17:44

That's really intersting and good to see the other side of the process.

[mechsympathy]

Romanymagic said:

AndyAudi said:

Agrilla said:

(I'm not naive enough to think that supermarket free range are skipping in the sunshine,

Mine do. I have several thousand Free Range Hens with the ultimate destination of their eggs being the supermakets. It is obvious they do love being outside, when the doors are opened in the morning they just run out to the grass.

I was suprised at the amount of grass they do eat, which, combined with insects etc darkens the colour of the yolk naturally.

Every egg I eat is only a day or two old which taste fantastic, one of the possible differences between supermarket free range eggs and those from folks own hens is that the time scale from farm to shelf may be heading on for a week.

I've read some of the replies with genuine interest, as I believe there is a place for both cage & free range. The welfare of Caged Hens is increasing significantly with the introduction of "Enriched cages" and phasing out of the traditional Battery Cages. Organic Eggs, in my opinion are a waste of time, and not sustainable. I've yet to figure out the point of Barn Egg's

Edited by AndyAudi on Friday 24th July 17:44

That's really intersting and good to see the other side of the process.

I can't see the point in not having free range. Why eat something that doesn't taste as good for the sake of a few pence?

(And don't get me started on cheap meat)

[AndyAudi]

mechsympathy said:

Romanymagic said:

AndyAudi said:

Agrilla said:

(I'm not naive enough to think that supermarket free range are skipping in the sunshine,

Mine do. I have several thousand Free Range Hens with the ultimate destination of their eggs being the supermakets. It is obvious they do love being outside, when the doors are opened in the morning they just run out to the grass.

I was suprised at the amount of grass they do eat, which, combined with insects etc darkens the colour of the yolk naturally.

Every egg I eat is only a day or two old which taste fantastic, one of the possible differences between supermarket free range eggs and those from folks own hens is that the time scale from farm to shelf may be heading on for a week.

I've read some of the replies with genuine interest, as I believe there is a place for both cage & free range. The welfare of Caged Hens is increasing significantly with the introduction of "Enriched cages" and phasing out of the traditional Battery Cages. Organic Eggs, in my opinion are a waste of time, and not sustainable. I've yet to figure out the point of Barn Egg's

Edited by AndyAudi on Friday 24th July 17:44

That's really intersting and good to see the other side of the process.

I can't see the point in not having free range. Why eat something that doesn't taste as good for the sake of a few pence?

(And don't get me started on cheap meat)

Depends on whether you really taste all the eggs you eat, on their own there is no question, but as a component part of something else does it matter?

Eg(g) A chocolate desert, where colour and flavour are likely to be masked by much stronger other ingredients (undoubtedly the finest fair trade equadorian coco beans we can lay our hands on rather than the basic dark chocolate available from the supermarket)

In some large catering situations it does come down to the pennies, and the use of free range would result in a significant increase in costs which undoubtedly need to be passed onto to the consumer (or tax payer).

[mechsympathy]

Valid point. (Can you tell I rarely bake?)

[Cotty]

miniman said:

For example the frankly delicious Sausage and Egg McMuffin is unlikely to contain free-range goodness,

Do they actually contain egg?