Understanding Chickens & Eggs : The Difference Between Caged & Free-Range Chickens

[asas2jh]

Thanks!

[MrBagginsEsq]

One chicken would fit in that cage in my opinion. How could you keep 5 in there?

[AyesThatsme]

Caged eggs are cheaper though :(

[ltjohns100]

Very true. And nice facility by the way.

[ravenclaweagles]

free range can be a total lie. it just means, as the person said, that they can go outside if they want. almost none get any more room. the only way around it is to go vegan. just do it one step at a time. go pescitarian first, then vegetarian, and then eventually veganism is the answer. i am currently a vegetarian, as my parents wont let me be vegan, but even that is satisfying, knowing that i am not responsible for dead animals, and i can't wait to become vegan too.

[ChrisCoxRox77]

I go through get efforts to try and obtain the most humane products. I am even to the point of thinking what right do we have to imprision an animal at all simply because we want to eat them or their bi-products. This being said...Go local. If you every see a factory farm..especially chickens, it is the worst thing ever. It is a holocaust and I will not support that. I f you buy local, sometimes cheaper than the inhumane products at the store. For me, I get 1 dozen for 2.00.

[gentlewaters2010]

I agree totally.

[Darujistab]

the chikkinz deserve to be well kept and well treated. I suppourt the local nicely-treated chikkin egg industry. I'll gladly pay twice the price for cruelty-free eggs. The chikkinz do us a great service by laying for us...w e should at least support those that threat them well.  <3 the Chikkinz.

[saeidmomtahan]

Me chicken eat fast, no care what chicken white, run house or cage. chicken egg good.. Turkey egg OK, big big big.

Chicken run high. go chicken run high

Hello from Iran

[Zeuqe400]

Do a vid on aracauna chickens, i just got some a couple months ago

[moppe]

Does anyone know what is the average profit per egg-laying chicken, i.e. how much profit does a single chicken generate during its lifetime to the farms, in the USA, wether the business is based on factory farming (hundreds of thousands of chickens cramped into small spaces) - in comparison to what is shown in this video?

[oosyaoo]

A lot of people assume that the opposite to cage laid eggs is free range.

The opposite to cage laid is freedom.

Now I personally think that although "free range" eggs are the best, barn laid eggs are a far better choice then caged eggs. If you can't afford the expensive free range eggs, go for the barn laid. Its a more humane choice where these birds can actually move. Imagine what it would be like to live in your car boot with 8 other people for your whole life.That's what caged animals have.

[KallyJones]

Considering the outbreak of salmonella (sp?) for production eggs I wouldn't be suprised if everyone built a small coop in their back yard and bought a few chickens for their own eggs.

[cgisby]

@KallyJones I done that ;D

Not because of the salmonella, I just wanted chickens :P

[Reysterph]

Is broiler chicken good for egg production?

[nicholasbhicks]

keeping them truely free range isnt very safe for a chicken either

[ajchic96]

Free range is a myth. Free range chickens have to come from somewhere and sadly, their lives begin in much the same way as a caged chicken, brutal & inhumane. Educate yourselves on The Free-Range Myth.

[oosyaoo]

@ajchic96

I don't think every chicken has a "brutal and inhumane" beginning, especially not in some countries depending on their laws. But even so, how is a "brutal and inhumane" beginning and then a happy life afterwards horrible compared to a "brutal and inhumane" forever?

The "free range myth" you speak of makes you sound like you don't give a shit and that caged chickens are the same as free range.

[urashimakeitaro22]

I brutally killed 20 free range chickens for the birthday party. Hows that?

[12quillemall5321]

What group do you get your caged free birds. Our local feed store doesn't mention if they are free range or cage chicks.

[BlueHen123]

The best way is to just buy Organic eggs. They must be free range, have access to outdoors and be fed an organic diet. But of course, just stepping up to buy free range makes a big difference to the hen's quality of life, as you can see from the video.

[notroexpress407]

i have had caged chickens and just recently gave em free rage and it is a much better feeling seeing how much the birds love going outside,free range is definatly the way to go

[micsir888]

I can just imagine myself asking the guy who's paid minimum wage or even his manager where any given brands eggs come from. I know the answer, he'll check on the carton and tell me the name of the town. I t'S not only the chickens that are coopedup and processed, the people are too. Weak and unaware.

[swiv2d]

i knew the free range was too good to be true. Oh well guess I have to try and give up KFC

[0711rk]

free range hens are the best! I have a small farm and sell the eggs.

[TheEnviroFriend]

For now i get my eggs at a co-op. Until i get my chickens and a chicken tractor

[jakecarpenter555]

that is so wrong, fresh eggs have dark yolks,

I have free range chickens and have had free range chickens for over 12 years, you better research some more.

[PatRyan345]

@jakecarpenter555 you are what you eat. Egg yolk is determined by the diet the birds are fed. similar to how a barley finished beef steer will have whiter fat than a corn finished steer. depending on your geographical location the egg yolks colour will differ as farmers are going to utilize the feedstuffs they have most easily available to them a farmer in the corn belt is more likely to use a corn ration than someone in a region where wheat is more economical or w/e grows in your backyard

[Axumman]

heloo, i want to visit a chicken farm, and i live in ST Louis Missouri. so would you please recommended me where i can find a chicken farm to visit ? the other thing i am looking for a textbook for college student with more picture about chicken farm. thanks for your time.

[TheBuffaloChicken]

where do i learn more/ i want to help the birds!

[tsrcruz]

How are free range chickens slaughtered? Where do I find information on that? Thank you.

[bassdaze]

commercial chickens are NOT kept humanly. a box at the store claimed (cage free eggs) upon visiting all the chickens were caged in extremely cramped cages and had a egg chute where the eggs would come down from making them "cage free".. someone i know bought 5 of these bird and let them range in their yard only to have them all die, because they've never been outta the cage they couldn't walk, peck the ground, very sad indeed.

[irishjoesbar]

KFC has *Free range* chickens

......

Look it up

[godzac]

But there's still a problem - They may 'have' them.. But 90% are probably NOT free range. So, we're still supporting caged ones, unfortunately...

[notsure2013]

5 chickens in that little tiny cage !

Talk about cruel treatment .

Having a few hens in the backyard is beneficial on so many levels and is the best way to Not support the organization that treats animals in a inhumane way.

Everyone that has a yard needs chickens !

[Erika445566]

My chickens walk around the yard all day. 5 months old and havent lost any..Best eggs ever.

[fuckencrazy88]

I used to get so annoyed by people who demanded "rights" for chickens and stupidity like that.

Well, then somehow I was talked into keeping a small flock of our own, for our eggs.

I am almost embarrassed to say now I've bonded with the chickens, and I see how much my birds love to free range daily. They are only in their pen at night, so nothing kills them.

I think all chickens should live that way, and it's disgusting and sad that to see how these factory chickens must "live".

[mad4mints]

@fuckencrazy88 i agree, they arent living, they are surviving

[asu1976ify]

@fuckencrazy88 We love our backyard ladies as well! Nice to know where the eggs are from, what is going into them, and that they won't be killed just because they are old. Then, I get to add a few more!

[Hooman1545]

Carzy old baster Howderyou if you don't know anything about chicken or hen or Rooster then shutup and do a little reserch about them!!!!

[fuckencrazy88]

@Hooman1545 Whom, exactly, are you speaking to?

[12quillemall5321]

@fuckencrazy88 You should live in Florida we have rights for animals. Today it's over 90 degrees and our county animal control is out looking for dogs who don't have proper shelter, water and food. They are not taking the dogs. They are providing water food and a warning instead. They even are looking at people with backyard bird runs and cages.

[ngu0061]

@fuckencrazy88 chicken's are great to raise aren't they?

[dechav1]

@fuckencrazy88 Im right there with you, I always thought it didnt matter but ive been watching these videos recently and they have changed my mind about alot, especially the cows and horses. but it doesnt matter if they are big or small or even less intellegent than others they feel just like we do and i mean physically not emotionaly, I would love to see one of these ppl who do this to them to get treated the same way skinned, burned, beaten alive and sent to a factory at the end.

[plutoniangirl]

@fuckencrazy88 well i 100% support chickens to be lin iving cage-free and have outside access. Better you treat farm animals ... better stuff they produce.

[redbanksfarming]

just so pmarie2003 understands, the colour of the yolk of any egg, depends upon the diet of the bird. free range egg yolks may appear "a pretty dark yellow" but has nothing to do with how the bird is kept. colour is added to the egg yolks by adding a dye compound that makes the yolk more appealing to the human eye. egg yolk naturally, unless the bird is fed on corn, is a pale yellow. sorry mate. just the facts.

[liamgardinerrs]

the diet of the chicken effect the colour alot and the strength of the shell. Free range chickens are fed a vegetarian diet so there eggs are differnt colours

[threehorsez]

Well it really depends on the supplier. In the back yard, you get a very dark almost orange yolk by feeding feeds high in beta-carotene. Just the facts. /teasingwink

[asu1976ify]

@redbanksfarming yellow yolks are gross! I have yet to see anything but an nice orange yolk from my girls!

[TheKwoodsy]

i do eat free-range but what if you can not afford free-range meat

[kiokara]

Don't eat meat ^__^

[kcandeva]

Touché

[driverain2]

Well said, well done..........

[pmarie2003]

Crack open a true free range/free forage egg vs. a cage produced egg. The free range egg will have a pretty dark yellow, firm yolk. The cage produced egg will be pale and sick looking. Yuk.

[Hajalin]

True story.

[Airox2009]

The best eggs we can get in Switzerland are cage free, free range and organic. They look pale too because there are no substutes in the food of the chickens. Natural eggs yolks are pale. Food subsitutes achieve this darker egg yolk which is not natural.

[ncfwhitetigress]

what kind of food substitutes?

[Airox2009]

Substitutes like beta carotin. Nothing dangerous but makes the egg yolk look darker.

[ncfwhitetigress]

why do they do that?

[Airox2009]

I think it`s because the majority of population likes a darker egg yolk other than a pale one.

[Madagasmask]

Apparently the chloropyl in grass also adds to the colour. I keep a small flock of hybrids, and feed them on layers with no adding colourant agents and is also veggie aproved (though that's only to prevent pork ofal being in it). Still, I think on a free range scale colour can be used to check egg quality, however it's not always reliable.

[ncfwhitetigress]

but they just don't know that it's unnatural then. some1 needs to educate them.

[DeepRedBlue]

Nope I agree with jake - we have free range chickens at home, and their yolks are orangey. You cannot know more about animals from other farms than we do about animals on our own...

[Jhawknblugrass]

If you have chickens for eggs or meat and if you purchase chicken or eggs, they are raised for that purpose. These are not pets, they are food. If they are wild that's different but these birds are alive because humans allowed them to be, not because they were born out in the wild.

[origamimaster14]

I know a few people who have pet silkie chickens and they are just like dogs. THEY ARE PETS.

[freespirit44jan]

good for you speaking up. YES, they ARE PETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sentenience, please people. I get so sick of these people who think animals are chattel, they have no feeling, they have no worth except for their eating pleasure. Plastic people. Thanks for writing and defending love for animals.

freespirit44

[origamimaster14]

thanks for replying to my coment. =D

Save the chickens

[pdonyin0]

Are you saying that chicken can only survive if there are humans? No, chickens came from the forest, they eat worms from the ground. It's only because we learned to domesticate chickens a long time ago that we're allowed to determine their fate. It doesn't matter if they were raised for food or not, at least back then they had some space to stretch.

[danieller123]

i find it funny how ppl will spend thousands of dollars a year for their cats and dogs to be pamperd, yet the food they are going to be putting in their bodies gets not thought whatsoever. I'm not against eating animals, but WHY would you want to put a piece of meat in your mouth that has been lying in its own filth, abused and rotted away in most cases? all u have to do to see the difference in happy meat versus "manufactured" meat is lye them side by side on the butchers block.

[sanazhm]

I don't care about the eggs really but people who keep chickens in those cages are criminals. How can you do that to a living creature that has the right to be free? Just to lay eggs for you to eat? At least they have to treat them right. I just can't get it!

[mike3177]

Does anyone know if Mcdonald's eggs come from free-range chickens?

[ncfo20]

no they don't mcdonald's buys cheap eggs

[stute1234]

All i know is that I eat chicken, eggs, meat, etc. for energy. If I am getting my energy from the energy produced by the animal and that animal has been tortured, I do not want that in my body. Also, those of you who use profanity on these sites are simple minded and should be respectful of others' who might be offended. plus, you will never get your message across that way...you just sound ignorant and uneducated.

[fatschinator]

wtf

idc

thats the stupidest thing ive ever watched

[dogsarebetter]

The only way to real way to know if the chickens your getting your eggs from are happy is to get a chicken or get eggs from a friend who has them!

[allencrider]

This is BS. There are NO OFFICIAL STANDARDS for free range. Only organic standards specify a minimim amount of space for chickens and only organic standards demand the birds have access to the outdoors. Non-organic free-range hens are kept on the floor and are as crowded and filthy as battery-cage egg operations.

[MolonLabe84]

you are right, this is more of a PETA PSA, not that i agree with chickens being penned up. on my moms farm she has " organic free range", also when chickens are allowed to roam outside they eat insects as supplement to good health they would not otherwise recieve in a cage.

[pdonyin0]

You're right, there's no FDA regulations on free-range requirement. Some free range just means that there's a path of grass inside a still cramped space. The only way to make sure is if you know the place that raised the chicken or take actions yourself (raising chicken, etc).

[Airox2009]

That is sad. here in Switzerland we have strict regulations for free range.

[NomadRepublic]

I agree with this woman's sentiments, however, some stupid fucking store manager is not going to know dick about the egg-producer's treatment of birds.

[crock703]

Probably not off the top of their head, but most eggs come from big operations, and enough questions are asked by now, that the manager can probably check a quick record or make a HQ call to find out.

[EllenRebecca3]

After watching the horrors of the "Where does out food come from" documentary, I'm only going to eat meat if I know how the animal was treated when they were alive. I only ever buy free range eggs now, and rarely eat red meat.

[bommaritokathy]

How do you know. A chain in St Louis was selling free range. Turned out they were not.

[EllenRebecca3]

God, that's appaulling! ):-( I am so sick and tired of their lies!! I'm going vegetarian.

[tarazod]

We recently completed a feature-length film entitled Mad City Chickens...a documentary on urban people who keep backyard hens.

Thanks for sharing your chicken info. Backyard hens are getting immensely popular!

[copefarms]

its to bad they cancelled embedding I was using them to tell about free ranged chickens on a site to better educate the public but looks like the site nazis locked it up where you cant embed their videos anymore.

Oh well to bad.

[HTCSWEOD]

Thank you for posting this video. They need to go a step further and equip cages with perches, rather than simply floor space. I'm personally for free range, without restriction if possible. The only way egg quality is dramatically improved nutritionally, is by granting true forage, rather than commercially prepared feed. A++ on starting the egg buyer thinking in the right direction (">