Sunday, June 26, 2011

Know Your Eggs


Know your Eggs

If you aren't able to raise your own chickens, them get the eggs you want from your local local market.

I have always wondered what is the difference between conventional eggs and cage free eggs? I did some research and this is what I found...

Conventional: Hens live in stacked cages, usually four to eight chickens to a cage with at least 67 square inches of floor space per chicken.

Cage Free: Hens live on the flour of a barn rather than the outdoors or in cages.

Free Range: Hens live outdoors or have limited access to the outdoors.

Organic: Hens are fed vegetables grown without any antibiotics, growth hormones or commercial fertilizers.

Omega 3: Hens are fed a diet containing flax seed, which produce eggs slightly more polyunsaturated fatty acids. 

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