Why do free range eggs cost more than cage eggs?

Answer 1

The USDA has no rules on what can be called a free range eggs. Therefore a chicken that lays eggs in a house where they cant go outside, are crowded, have no clean air, the ground is dirty and littered with dead chickens and feces, and they are forced to live in 24/7 artificial light that helps boost egg production is considered as free range as the eggs lain by the family farm raised chicken that gets to roam in a pasture and eat bugs during the day. Buying from your local farmer ensures true free range eggs.

True free range chickens get a greater variety of food and they eat what the like, not what is supplied. Free range hens get fresh veggies and proteins from bugs and insects. A free range egg is always much fresher when bought from the farmer as they are collected daily and not transported for miles to be stored in refrigerated containers or the back of a grocery store for days and weeks. If you get a chance, fry up one store bought egg and one free range farm egg in the same pan. Taste one, then the other and the difference is amazing. Also notice the difference between the yolk colours, the free range egg will almost always be brighter and more appealing

Answer 2

Free Range only means the birds (chickens ) have access to the out doors , an they may never do it!!! and it may be a dirt or concrete pad . but , MY chickens have NO cage or fence !! and their shells AND the membrane inside of it are COMPLETELY stronger !!! the yolks are very much yellower and sit up; NOT flat and pale . the taste is much richer and healthier for the hen AND you !! 100 years ago a typical egg cracked to a farmer would have told them the hen was NOT healthy . Today commerical factory farms crank out "cost effective " eggs , look up this link and buy locally ...... the best you can !! but no bargain prices.... http:/wwwzperiodzmotherearthnewszperiodzcom/eggszperiodzaspx

Answer 3

Free range eggs cost more than cage eggs because free range eggs come from free range chickens which get to rome free during the day and get as much air and stuff as they need to make great eggs but cage eggs come from caged chickens which are all huddled together and there is not that much fresh air so caged chickens eggs are not as nice, so that's why free range eggs are better than cage eggs.

Answer 4

It's an egg from a chicken that has been allowed to lead a relatively natural life. It can walk around, use a nest box instead of only sitting in a bare metal Cage.

Answer 5

There usually is no difference in the strength of the egg but most of the time free range chicken's eggs are more nutritious and taste better.

Answer 6

They're not. It's just easier to collect the eggs and keep track of the chickens if they can't go anywhere.

Answer 7

yes they can