I buy Free Range Eggs because of the conditions the hens live in. I have seen caged hens and stopped buying eggs for a while because it made me physically ill just thinking of the chickens conditions.
Now I buy Free Range from a chicken farm that is not very far from us. Our Supermarket also sells their eggs. It is great to see hundreds of chickens roaming in a large paddock, looking healthy and foraging for grubs and worms as well as having their daily pellets and fresh water by their nesting building.
I think most of the answers those surveys got are from people who have never seen or heard of the conditions of Battery Hens.
I used to work in our local Historical Village where lots of School children from the city visited. One day I was milking a cow when a boy asked what I was doing. When I told him that is where all the milk cones from, he gagged and saidl "I thought milk was made in a Factory. Yuck, I'll never drink Milk again!"
And don't let me tell you what some kids said when they saw a chicken laying an egg.
So much for knowledge where our food comes from.
Erica
