Kim, this is a wonderful article. I love eggs and try to buy foods that are healthy and organic. After reading this, I see that "organic" isn't necessarily the best when it comes to eggs.
I've downloaded the scorecard mentioned in the video and am looking into pastured eggs available in my area. Great hub. There was a lot I didn't know about the different type of eggs. Well done and voted up! I'll buy pastured eggs next time around. Cage free and free-range can translate to: 5, or so chickens inside on a filthy floor breathing ammonia stronger at ground level.
If just a few of these chickens can actually get outside in an outdoor, dirt-floored or worse pen, they are considered "cage-free" and "free-range". This has nothing to do with their diet. You will change your diet quickly. The best chickens are pasture-range with organic feed supplementation, plus organic fruits and veggies.
I raise mine on Peaceful Valley Farm Supply rabbit and chicken forage grown in biodynamic compost. I've never been clear on the differences between these labels on eggs. Very good explanation. Voted up. Hi Nare, thanks for reading.
I'm glad I can help clear some concerns you had about chicken eggs that are raised from home. And don't worry about the blood spot, it's not harmful. Just pick it out with a fork. It's interesting that you though it tasted weird.
Oh Kim I have been really wondering about the difference. My neighbour sells eggs but I never liked to eat "homemade" eggs as the color is "weird" and it tastes differently. Once my mom bought eggs from a farmer and we found little blood inside, after that i absolutely don't eat that kind of eggs.
However after your article I change my mind I'm not sure if my Pit bull will get along with them. Yeah, her loss! You should print this article out and put it in her mailbox. Lots of good information on eggs. We just had free range eggs yesterday.
We buy our eggs from a lady that has chickens. The eggs are so big and many have double yolk. They are so good. Voted Up. Animals should be raised in the most natural conditions to produce the highest quality food. The actual chicken taste different too, but that will be saved for another Hub. You just stuck a light bulb in my head to write another Hub about how "picture perfect" every produce looks on the supermarket.
We used to raise native chickens when I was a kid and they lay great tasting eggs. These eggs might be smaller but the quality is great : Thanks for sharing this hub :. Hmm I never knew if you treat chicken differently they lay egg that taste differently. A knowledge learn here in Hubpages. Thanks for sharing. Very informative, it is annoying at how cheeky big business is allowed to be with their use of words!
Hopefully I can reach out to more people regarding healthy and delicious eggs. I always buy cage free eggs. Great hub! Ruth R. I love your hub! It is so true! And not to mention, they are also MUCH healthier! Thanks for writing about it to increase the awareness on this topic.
Wow, I had no idea how little I know about eggs! I'm going to make a point to find some locally. Thank you for such in interesting hub. Meat Dishes. Vegetable Dishes. Green Beans. Ice Cream. Dining Out. Free range hens have unlimited daytime access to runs that have vegetation, and at least four square metres of outside space per bird.
At night, free-range hens are housed in barns furnished with bedding and perches, with nine hens allowed per square meter of inside space. However, there is no limit on flock size. Beak trimming is commonly practised and the routine use of antibiotics is permissible, even it if is low level. This is to ensure access to pasture is not restricted. Cramped battery cages were prohibited in the EU in January These hens lose feathers through stress and die at an earlier age.
After all, a cage is still a cage. Beak trimming is routine and these hens do not have access to outdoor pasture. A cage-free egg is one that has been produced in accordance with the welfare methods set out for free-range eggs or organic eggs. Eggs not produced in either of these ways are automatically classed as eggs from caged hens. In an eggshell, ones from an organic farm or a free-range farm you can trust.
The organic eggs laid by hens at Purton House Organics in Wiltshire are produced in accordance to organic standards set out by the Soil Association. If you can't get pastured eggs like me then Omega-3 enriched eggs will be your second best choice. If you can't get either pastured or Omega-3 eggs, then try to find eggs that are either free-range, cage-free or organic.
But even if that's not an option, then conventional eggs are still among the healthiest and most nutritious foods you can eat. This just goes to show that what we eat isn't all that matters … it also matters what our foods eat. This article was reposted from our media associate Authority Nutrition.
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