Eggs are going to be from cage free chickens starting Jan. 1st. Zoom in to read the signs.
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Like how "free range" sometimes means that they leave the door open with a little fence around the area just outside of it.
Can confirm. I had a meat chicken ranch that had 250,000 each flock (45 days from hatch to market). I changed to a different processor who marketed them as "free range". I had to cut doors every 100 ft on one side of the barns and make a little fenced area for them to go outside. A barn full of 50,000 had maybe 100 chicken's outside at any given time. The birds are not stupid. They know where the food, water, safety, and comfortable conditions are. Free range, non GMO, non antibiotic are keywords that mean nothing.
What about “pasture raised” eggs? I buy these from Aldi and they have a nice dark orange yolk. Are they legit?
Yes pasture raised is a whole other deal. They typically have smaller flocka and keep them in moveable huts that they can move throughout the pasture. The natural grass and bug the chickens get in addition to the type of feed they are given give the yolks a nice dark yellow/orange color compared to others
No kidding! A new chicken barn was built down the road from me. They made a acre size yard outside the barn that's fenced in. And also about 15 more acres fenced around the barn. In 3 years I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen the barn open and chickens outside, and never have I seen chickens allowed out to the larger pasture