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.

[Mamyalynne]

I think within the limits of your pocket most people do what they can , misleading labels and packaging can lull us into a false sense of what we are buying of course.

Not all of us have a farm down the road , I wish we did.

[Islay]

I buy my eggs from a 15 year old boy who has set up his own chicken farm, he welcomes people if they want to look at his chickens and how they are being kept - his eggs are lovely and £2 for a dozen.

[woofgang]

Here’s what the EU calls free range

The welfare conditions that must be attained for the use of each of these terms are laid down by the legislation.97 Eggs bearing the free-range label must by law come from hens who have continuous daytime access to open-air runs which are mainly covered with vegetation.98 Moreover, the maximum outdoor stocking density must not exceed 2,500 hens per hectare [2.47 acres] of ground available to the hens or one hen per 4m2 [4.8 square yards] at all times.
https://www.ciwf.org.uk/media/3818623/eu-law-on-the-welfare-of-farm-animals.pdf

[Barmaid]

I havent bought eggs for years because until last Saturday I had my own girls. I am going to have to start buying again soon. I shall attempt to buy from a farm shop - "free range" means didly.

[ethandron]

Oh heck barmaid, have your girls all gone to the heavenly hen place?

[murraymints]

my neighbour keeps chooks in his back garden..I usually get them from him !