Pictures Pasture raised vs. free range chicken eggs

[saroj12]

Guess which is which!

 

[CrazyBirdChick]

:handup:

Is the small one at the top free range, the rest pasture raised?

 

[Birdbabe]

Free range are the lovely orange large yolks and pasture raised is the smaller yellowish yolk,,?

 

[saroj12]

:handup:

Is the small one at the top free range, the rest pasture raised?

Diane you are correct!

Free range are the lovely orange large yolks and pasture raised is the smaller yellowish yolk,,?

the opposite!

 

[Clueless]

you're both right!

Ummmmmmmmm really?

 

[WendyN]

Making an Omelet?

 

[saroj12]

Making an Omelet?

frittata

 

[saroj12]

Ummmmmmmmm really?

fixed it!

 

[Tyrion]

frittata

Sounds good

 

[CrazyBirdChick]

I think "free range" can be misleading. Sad to think about but some people consider free range letting the chickens walk like 5 feet for 5 minutes.

 

[saroj12]

I think "free range" can be misleading. Sad to think about but some people consider free range letting the chickens walk like 5 feet for 5 minutes.

a disturbing article

"Free-Range" Poultry and Eggs: Not All They're Cracked Up To Be - United Poultry Concerns

the yellow is a pete and gerry's egg

 

[CrazyBirdChick]

a disturbing article

"Free-Range" Poultry and Eggs: Not All They're Cracked Up To Be - United Poultry Concerns

the yellow is a pete and gerry's egg

So sad

 

[Lady Jane]

The term "free range" can mean several things in regulation terms. We picture a chicken who can walk around a yard at free will doing what chickens do. From my friendly chicken raising person free range can also mean a chicken who is kept in an enclosure and can walk around in that enclosure without ever seeing the light of day. Happy omlet eating!

 

[Macaw Lover]

Years back, when I was up in the Green Bay area of Wisconsin, I drove past a farm that had eggs for sale. Turns out it is an Amish farm and picked up really fresh eggs. You enter the side door where there is a refrigerator running, holding the eggs, with a table next to it and a little bucket for the money that you leave. Chickens can be running around along with a couple of friendly dogs and you see their horses around, yep, a true farm.

On another occasion I stopped in, the Mother of 3 little girls called to the older gentleman by name, Milo which is also the name on the egg carton. One time when I was in a Standard Market food store I was surprised to see that egg carton in that store and to find out, yes, someone picks up their eggs to sell. The store only sold the large size eggs but when I was at the farm itself I could choose jumbo which is what I prefer anyway.

Yokes are big and orange and so fresh with a much better taste to them. One time there were even a few green shelled eggs but I don't remember which species of hen the lady said it was from.

I don't get over to the store that sells them very often but happened to have to go there last Saturday and was so disappointed Milo's eggs were no longer on the shelf but rather another Amish brand. Bummer

 

[SandraK]

Free range in my mind is the way most people kept chickens in Brazil - they were loose on your property around your house and - if they were lucky, they had some type of hut or coop to sleep in.

 

[Mizzely]

Free range commercially is a joke! My mother in law has a lot of chickens and they have those nice deep orange yolks. Soo yummy. I'm pretty sure being able to forage for bugs and stuff really helps deepen that color!