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Eggs and Jams

Glowpun

Glowpun

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Is there a difference in egg quality between hens who are fed grass and free range vs those commercially fed and live in tiny and overcrowded cages?
 
Glowpun said:
Is there a difference in egg quality between hens who are fed grass and free range vs those commercially fed and live in tiny and overcrowded cages?
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Free range hens usually have darker yolks and different colors to their eggs depending on their diet if they are really out in a field. Free Range/Cage Free is not always what people think though. They can just be crowded into a barn eating the same scratch with no cages as the ones with cages.
 
Glowpun said:
Is there a difference in egg quality between hens who are fed grass and free range vs those commercially fed and live in tiny and overcrowded cages?
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Yes. Cage free eggs tend to have a better ratio of Omega-3 to Omega-6 oils, better cholesterol, and are overall better for you. It's the same with farm raised fish vs. wild caught, the wild versions are healthier than their farmed counterparts.
 
Glowpun said:
Is there a difference in egg quality between hens who are fed grass and free range vs those commercially fed and live in tiny and overcrowded cages?
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chickens eat grass? and what about the jams?
 
UtahBill said:
chickens eat grass? and what about the jams?
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I used to have a chicken that ate grass. She ate TONS of grass but I never got any eggs out of her so I called the vet. Come to find out she was actually a cow. Seems that rural folk just don't have any respect for New Yorkers.:lol:
 
In the western states, during dear and elk season, some farmers paint the word COW on their cows.....
 
Glowpun said:
Is there a difference in egg quality between hens who are fed grass and free range vs those commercially fed and live in tiny and overcrowded cages?
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I could be wrong, but I believe the major concerns with commercially fed and raised fowl as well as livestock of all kinds is the amount of hormones and antibiotics they are given which remain in their bodies and in the case of chickens, their eggs. It is one reason why the medical community is concerned about the antibiotic resistant bugs along with the fact that few pharmaceuticals are developing new antibiotics because there's no profit in it. We are consuming far too many antibiotics through our food and bugs are developing resistant strains because of it.
 
Glowpun said:
Is there a difference in egg quality between hens who are fed grass and free range vs those commercially fed and live in tiny and overcrowded cages?
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I see your question about eggs has been answered. Now, what do you want to know about jams?
 
Cage free eggs have fewer tattoos.
 
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