topic Re: Free Range Eggs in Kitchen

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CoffeeNut — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:35:07 GMT

Re: Free Range Eggs

GenXmuse — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 02:24:30 GMT

I only buy free range on principle. Plus they do taste much better.

Re: Free Range Eggs

haddon9 — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 02:28:54 GMT

We have a few local farms in the area that sell free range eggs. You can see the chickens out in the pasture. Dh and I have been buying these eggs for several years now. It's hard to go back to regular grocery store eggs.

I agree they are so much better!

Re: Free Range Eggs

Snowpuppy — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 02:41:25 GMT

Free range is not organic but I agree they are better tasting and better quality.

While I live rural and both are a LOT cheaper from a local farm than the grocery, try your local farmer's market as a source for less expensive eggs.

Eggs actually have a coding on their container at the grocery so you'll know how old the eggs are you're buying.

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faeriemoon — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 03:03:06 GMT

I only buy free range.

Just an FYI, cage free is not the same as free range. Buy free range.

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CoffeeNut — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:35:33 GMT

Re: Free Range Eggs

Zernia Rose — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 04:43:10 GMT

We eat free range eggs and meats that are organic and without growth hormones or antibiotics from local farms and farmers within a 100 mile range that participate in our farmers' markets. We love the tastes, richness, and textures. The fruits and vegetables that are fantastic although not perfect as they are supermarkets. The food is expensive but we value the work of our small farmers and the hard work each family undertakes to keep these national treasures open. It's nice to talk with them, share in there lives, and the community that emerges out of these transactions. One of our farmers writes the best newsletters monthly and also invites customers out to the farm for food, hayrides, and fun twice a year. Love the Kerrygold butter also. Bon appetit!

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ID2 — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 10:47:26 GMT

Our friend raises chickens on their property. We get our eggs from them. No more grocery store eggs for me.

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Nightowlz — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 17:34:59 GMT

I can tell a difference in free range eggs. They really do taste so much better. I either buy those or buy from a local farmer.

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GenXmuse — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 19:37:07 GMT

Free range doesn’t mean they aren’t organic. The kind I get are both.

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Icegoddess — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 02:05:34 GMT

I buy free range organic eggs. Hubby likes them better and hopefully the chickens are treated better. I'm not so sure that means they are actually free to roam the pasture though. I used to have a girl at my skating rink bring me eggs from their farm. They had what they termed Pastured chickens. They were kept in something resembling a mesh tent that they moved around to different locations within the pasture. Besides protecting the chickens from predators, I think it kept them from laying their eggs somewhere where they might not be found.

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eddyandme — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 23:01:09 GMT

I only buy free range. Years ago someone brought me to a chicken place. I walked in and immediately walked out. Aside from the stench - had to be thousands of chickens there - cramped together so they could not move! One chicken looked me in the eye - I felt so bad, had to run out. How could human beings be so cruel and unkind to another living creature!

That's my reason for only buying free-range! Last week eggs were on special, eighty-eight cents - I would not buy and gladly paid over four dollars. I will go without before I support harsh, mean, inhumane conditions. Imho, it's not about taste, don't remember the difference - it's about concern and treating another living creature well.

If everyone bought free-range, it would put these despicable "warehouses" out of business.

Re: Free Range Eggs

faeriemoon — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:08:34 GMT

@eddyandme wrote:
I only buy free range. Years ago someone brought me to a chicken place. I walked in and immediately walked out. Aside from the stench - had to be thousands of chickens there - cramped together so they could not move! One chicken looked me in the eye - I felt so bad, had to run out. How could human beings be so cruel and unkind to another living creature!

That's my reason for only buying free-range! Last week eggs were on special, eighty-eight cents - I would not buy and gladly paid over four dollars. I will go without before I support harsh, mean, inhumane conditions. Imho, it's not about taste, don't remember the difference - it's about concern and treating another living creature well.

If everyone bought free-range, it would put these despicable "warehouses" out of business.

Agree!!!

Re: Free Range Eggs

depglass — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 14:55:09 GMT

Just be sure you are not getting fertilized eggs. We have a friend who was giving us eggs from his chickens that have the run of about two acres. He obviously picked one up that had been hidden out in the grass as there was a chicken inside. It took me six months before I could eat another egg. Now they all come from the store.