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Originally Posted by Waterbaby
A better term is "local eggs" - they are fresher and don't come from commercial farms where the chickens are all crammed in together and fed chemically produced feed with all kinds of antibiotics and other yukkie stuff in it. Plus local eggs, especially if they are from "free range" chickens, have a lot more Omega 3 in the yolks and just plain taste better. Once you start eating local eggs, you'll never want eggs from the grocery store again!
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Couldn't agree more that local eggs are fresher and more tasty.....but excuse for chuckling about "free range" birds.USDA regulations require that birds have access to the outdoors to be certified as free range. "No problem" says the big commercial farmer.They install a doggie door in a chicken house the size of an aircraft hanger housing 100,000 birds.Birds don't even know it's there but it meets the requirements so they happily get the inflated price.The consumer feels good that the chicken was free and happy.....they think they can taste the difference.Local is better,for sure but free range has nothing to do with it.