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Eggs
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Eggs are produced through farming techniques in dramatically different ways. A hen is a living creature... not a feathered robot!
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[edit] Normal Eggs
... as the general consumer might call them - are in fact the least "normal". They are battery farmed eggs. On battery farms, hens are squashed into tiny cages throughout their whole lives, surrounded by conveyor belts which automatically supply food and retrieve the eggs. There are usually thousands of hens to a shed, lined up in a fixed position until death. The birds are stuffed full of antibiotics, because the extreme conditions cause health problems.
[edit] Barn Eggs
... may sound more rustic and natural, but but the "barn" hen's life is pretty much similar to her battery farmed cousins. The only difference here is that the hens are not kept in cages but crammed together in barns with the same diet as battery birds. They are also de-beaked so that they don't damage each other due to such close contact with each other.
[edit] Free Range Eggs
The only difference between barn and free range is that the chickens can roam around outdoors. All other treatments apply.
[edit] Organic Eggs
... are the closest that farmed hens will ever get to freedom. They are allowed to roam free in and outdoors, rather than in crammed conditions. There is also a maximum flock size and therefore they are not de-beaked. The birds are also not fed with routine antibiotics. Besides these hens living more natural, healthier lives, consumers also benefit from far tastier and safer eggs. Best for you - and best for the hens. In fact natural grazing hens lay eggs with higher levels of essential Omega 3 oils. You are far better off eating these naturally laid eggs rather than buying so-called Omega 3 enriched eggs which are laid by hens forcibly fed with flax seed.
