Sadly I can't produce my own eggs anymore.

 

lady*em, I really don't like it when people are told that they are being ripped off for buying free range.  It has got to be better than having them standing on top of each other in a cage or only on wire.  That makes me feel sick.

lady em.. there certainly is some dodgy stuff going on with claims for 'free range' eggs. Some  were putting caged eggs in the real free range boxes because they didn't have enough real free range ones... a few were exposed doing that last year. I think they will have less chance of doing that now the focus is on that industry.

 

It is not practical for everyone to have their own chooks.

 

Woolworths own brand free range (and organic?) were considered some of the best a year or two ago, especially for freshness.

 

As a customer you can tell the difference between a caged hen egg and an organic free range egg especially.

This is for QLD only?

 

Aug 2013

 

The state government's consultation process with the RSPCA on the legislative definition of free range chicken was limited to two meetings.

Last month, the government changed the Animal Care and Protection Regulation Act 2012 to allow an increase in stocking densities for free range hens.

Where once 1500 chickens per hectare was the maximum, now 10,000 chickens per hectare can be kept.

Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/rspca-not-consulted-on-free-range-chicken-move-20130801-2...

nothing beats a fresh free range egg....the yokes taste amazing! we often find them to be double yolkers. price is never a factor here.....farmers market sell them cheap!

 

lol @ no white shells anymore. newstart...typical post trying to shock others. 

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@twinkles**stars wrote:

nothing beats a fresh free range egg....the yokes taste amazing! we often find them to be double yolkers. price is never a factor here.....farmers market sell them cheap!

 

@lol @ no white shells anymore. newstart...typical post trying to shock others. 

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The colour of eggshells is the result of pigments being deposited during egg formation within the oviduct.

The type of pigment depends upon the breed and is genetically determined.

 

Now, even I know that! We had chinese silkies....... cos they are little and cute and not so scarey looking! and white eggs.

I buy my free range eggs from ALDI 

 

Me too.

You dont eat the shell so what does it matter what colour it is? lol.

 

Here is one explanation for different coloured shells:

 

Organic eggs are not always brown. The color of an egg is determined by the type of chicken that laid it. The color of an egg is based on genetics and how much ooporphryn a particular kind of chicken lays. Ooporphyn is a chemical compound that is produced during hemoglobin metabolism. The brown color is not found throughout the shell, it is only on the outside of the shell.

 

 

 Brown and white eggs have the same nutritional value.

Didn't read your post az before I posted that. Also I thought your post was made by she ele, with your pink avatar

Joono, people are not being ripped off for buying free range eggs.

They are being ripped off when large companies charge top price for eggs produced under the guise of 'free range', when they come from very over populated properties whose practices are not that far removed from battery production.

Some smaller producers no longer call their eggs 'free range', because the term is being tainted by large producers whose main objective is profit. Woolies are not doing this from the goodness of their heart. They will make much more profit from their free range eggs than the cage ones, because consumers are willing to pay more because they believe it is more humane.

Miss vegan daughter is very pedantic about what she eats and we spent a couple of hours a few months ago clarifying whether free range are what you'd expect. We found that there are very strict labeling laws (in Queensland at least and I think other states) I haven't go links but the information is out there and free range is free range with a maximum number of hens to a specified area.