Free Range or Caged?

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  • RonSwanson66
    RonSwanson66 Posts: 1,150 Member
    Neither, they both are treated inhumanely and die in the end...

    Name a single animal on the planet that doesn't "die in the end".
  • kamazza
    kamazza Posts: 98 Member
    Free range, no antibiotics, ground-pecking chickens (for eggs) and the same for the actual chickens. we raise our own once a year and slaughter. The meat keeps us for about a year. We don't use antibiotic feed but instead cayenne pepper in the water when they are day olds til about two weeks. Tasty eggs and chickens!!
  • minkakross
    minkakross Posts: 687 Member
    Neither, they both are treated inhumanely and die in the end...

    Sorry I just couldn't help myself:

    everything dies in the end and since other humans are treated inhumanely on this planet I'll not worry so much about the eggs.

    prefer to buy from a local farmer AKA free range, in a pinch when I have to buy at the store I buy based on the sell by date.
  • kalynn06
    kalynn06 Posts: 368 Member
    Neither, they both are treated inhumanely and die in the end...

    Sorry I just couldn't help myself:

    everything dies in the end and since other humans are treated inhumanely on this planet I'll not worry so much about the eggs.

    prefer to buy from a local farmer AKA free range, in a pinch when I have to buy at the store I buy based on the sell by date.

    Pretty much this. It's exactly what I was going to write.

    If I don't get it from a local farm, I don't pay more for the dubious "free range label". Having been to more egg laying facilities than I'd have liked, I wasn't impressed at the free range conditions in many commercial facilities. In some cases, the caged chickens were less crowded and seemed healthier than many of those laying "free range" eggs.
  • Fausttt
    Fausttt Posts: 101
    I prefer caged. I find the suffering of the chickens really add to the flavor of the meat and eggs!
  • redraidergirl2009
    redraidergirl2009 Posts: 2,560 Member
    Neither, they both are treated inhumanely and die in the end...

    Name a single animal on the planet that doesn't "die in the end".

    They die prematurely you dumbass
  • wrecktechno
    wrecktechno Posts: 145 Member
    I'd prefer to pay more for Free Range because I'd rather pay more for the chance that the chicken has a better life than pay less but know 100% that the chicken lives in a tiny tiny tiny cage.

    We bought some chooks (are Aussies the only ones who calls chickens chooks?!?) from a battery farm. They couldn't walk because they had no strength in their legs. They'd just sit in the one spot but eventually they gained the strength and now are happy, healthy and definitely free range.

    I moved from Oz to London, UK for 2 years and the eggs there, freerange or not, were TERRIBLE. I got home and our eggs from our very happy chickens have bright yellow yolks and are the yummiest eggs you could eat.
  • eresin
    eresin Posts: 104 Member
    I always buy free range, I do not support caged hens.
    I would love to have my own chickens but I have cats that go outdoors so I don't think they would mix very well :laugh:
  • Kathrynha77
    Kathrynha77 Posts: 103 Member
    Free range organic. Hopefully organic chickens have a healthier more natural diet, but we are very much having to trust the producers.
  • grrrlface
    grrrlface Posts: 1,204 Member
    I'm vegetarian so I will always go for the best option. Local farm where you can see how the chickens are treated.
    The one we go to, the chickens just wander round the whole farm, got to be careful you don't run them over in the car park. :/ lol
    The best eggs ever though.
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