For the freedom of the hens and for happier eggs
By Pitstop
@pitstop (15272)
Australia
July 8, 2025 8:10am CST
Are you a fan of eggs? I'm pretty happy with eggs as part of a meal, but I've never thought much about the hens.
Apparently the eggs are better if the hens are given more space to roam around and be happy I don't know if it's true, but I do feel happier when I see this on the pack of eggs - facts about how happy the hens are
Do you buy free range eggs or the usual caged hen eggs?
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@DaddyEvil (152722)
• United States
20h
Growing up on the farm, our chickens were truly free-range. They came and went anywhere on the farm they pleased and laid eggs in nests they built where ever they chose.
As @wolfgirl569 says, free-range doesn't really mean that in the US egg industry.
I buy eggs from the store so they're really from caged chickens, no matter what the packaging claims.
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@DaddyEvil (152722)
• United States
13h
@pitstop Not in the US... There are legal definitions of "free-range" that the chicken owners must abide by and letting the chickens actually out of the cages isn't one of them.
https://www.newrootsinstitute.org/articles/free-range-chicken
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@Deepizzaguy (111631)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12h
I but caged hen eggs at the market.
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@wolfgirl569 (118887)
• Marion, Ohio
21h
My eggs come from my hens. Here free range often means they are let outside for a set amount of time. Then back to the cage
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@LindaOHio (193904)
• United States
12h
I don't buy eggs that often; but when I do they are regular eggs.
