Who Would Like To Make A Brilliant Pledge.....

[tandh]

to only eat free range eggs as apposed to caged eggs. They are only about 5p more per egg in most supermarkets, and they taste so much better than the caged eggs. There seems to be a bit of a debate about weather or not they are more nutritious, but some people claim that they have 1/3 less cholesterol, 1/4 less saturated fat, 2/3 more vitamin A, Two times more omega-3 fatty acids, Three times more vitamin E, Seven times more beta carotene, and some people are even saying they may have vitamin d in them. Plus, obviously it means that millions more hens will have a happy little life.

[woofgang]

I have done this for years

[sandyRoe]

Me too,, though I don't eat many eggs now.

[tandh]

well done, I've only been doing it for the last few months. I just never really thought about it that much until my friend showed me a video of caged eggs.

[NoMercy]

I wouldn't eat the egg of a caged hen if my life depended upon it

[Sam1960]

And me, have only ever bought free range eggs now for years

[ubasses]

Most of the eggs I am getting at the moment are 1 day old, and have the chickens name and date laid pencilled on them.

[anneasquith]

What smart chickens ,being able to write at such a young age :-)

[tandh]

lol @ ann, wow, these posts are just so nice to read, i would love to get at least one person that eats caged to convert to free range though

[anneasquith]

I don't know anyone who doesn't buy free range.

[bednobs]

it's actully quite hard to buy caged hens' eggs nowadays

[gness]

I don't think I have ever eaten an egg from a caged bird.....I'm also careful about products which contain egg.
Some folk must buy eggs from caged hens though because a young lass named Lucy Gavaghan has a petition going and she's pestering Tesco to stop selling eggs from caged birds......x

[gness]

Just had a look......seems Tesco Everyday Value eggs at £1.25 for fifteen are from caged hens......x

[grasscarp]

I eat the battery hens eggs sometimes because if they have such a dreadful life and people don't even eat their eggs - then their whole life was for nothing.

[gness]

Grass....I'll need to have a glass of red and mull that one over..... ;-)

[EDDIE51]

Free Range in relation to eggs does NOT mean what you think it does!
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/horrifying-truth-brutal-life-free-7634201
The ONLY difference, apart from the price ,between 'free range' and battery eggs is that 'free range are slightly less packed on the the perches so that they can move a few steps. They ARE NOT kept in a nice field with a hen house to retire to at night as most people think!
To produce eggs in the conditions that most people think of as 'Free Range' would put the price up into the 'luxury' range , they do not have more nutrition either or less cholesterol! The colour of an egg yolk is down to the additives in the food , you can buy food that produces egg yolks from almost white to deep red / orange.
There is a farm near me where the chickens run around a large field and have a hen house at night, the eggs are £6.85 a box of 6 and they can't keep pace with demand. That's the sort of price you have to pay for really 'free to roam' hens eggs.

[gness]

Eddie...the free range eggs I buy are free range....x

[zebo]

£1.40 a dozen at the farm up the road, people drive past it on their way to Tescos, main danger is running over the creatures when you drive though the gate.

[gness]

Just don't run over the cockerel, Zebo!... ;-)

[tandh]

lol @ grass and gness, i can see a little where you are coming from, but if people keep buying them, then they will keep the hens in that condition. I only shop at m and s, Tesco and sainsburys, and m and s is the only one out of those three that doesn't stock them.
Yes, i do agree with you eddie, i think we do need to get stricter rules as in some cases they only let the hens out for a few hours a day and they are still allowed to call them free range. But, if you've ever been on a packed tube, having just 10% more space to move around when you are cramped in like sardines makes all the difference. I know in an ideal world it would be greet if everyone could afford to spend £1 on a single egg, so hens could have a lovely life, but i know that's a big ask. where as this is something we could all do.

[EDDIE51]

tandu 'Free Range' hens only have to have 'access' to the outside. There is nothing to say how long the access is for or how often. Most of them never go out in their entire lives as it is too crowded to move.