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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
The "Handsome" brand eggs were the same $5.88 yesterday as they've been for most of the past year.
Factory farm eggs are high because of the avian flu that affects mostly birds that are forced to live in insanely close proximity to each other (tens of thousands in a single farm roost building). Eggs from hens that are raised on small farms, who roam freely within a fox-safe but open enclosure, and a spacious, airy shelter where they can sleep at night and lay their eggs in the morning, are not exposed as frequently to the avian flu as factory farm hens. So their price, while higher on average when the factory farm hens are healthy, don't fluctuate as much.
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Factory chickens (and turkeys) raised for slaughter are placed in small areas that they can't move in. So, they get sick and to stop that they are all fed too much antibiotics, which goes up the chain to humans. Not sure, but I suspect that the factory (Not free ranging) egg layers are also constrained and given antibiotics.
.....Some cities like Portland, Or. allow free-ranging chickens in the city limits. Fringe benefit, they consume massive quantities of insects like most birds. Incidentally, pet cats kill many, many more birds than MOST PEOPLE realize. There were some studies about that, so kitty .....bad, bad for the environment.