Me Against Eggland's Best UPDATE #51

[ChooksChick]

I think with that brand, they feed a lot of grains that increase the Omega 3 fatty acids, and have very good plant stanol ratios.

It's a better product than the average egg.

The farm fresh eggs we produce are a small fraction of the eggs consumed in America, the majority being factory farmed.

Our eggs being the minority, are thus not average- they aren't talking about our eggs when they claim to be better.

Edited because I am a grammar nazi.

 

[wegotchickens]

Doesn't the term 'free-range' only have to mean they aren't in cages and have access to outside? It doesn't define the amount of outside available, so these birds can be called free-range but never see the sun, right?

EB are better than the average store-bought egg.
And since my girls are all molting, I'm gonna have to buy some EB

I'm feeding my girls left-over organic beef & pork scraps from our table to help them get their feathers back more quickly. Someone flinched when I said that, and I asked, "Would you rather I fed them crickets?" I was being sarcastic, but my friend actually gagged at the thought of chickens eating bugs

 

[A.T. Hagan]

I'd like to see any of us actually produce and sell eggs at the prices that Egglands Best does and show a TRUE profit.

If there were enough customers in the country who were willing to pay what the sort of eggs we produce are worth then companies like Eggland would be producing them and we'd be out of the business.

But there are not because few people are willing to pay what such eggs are really worth. In fact quite a lot of folks here are selling their eggs for less than they are worth because they can't get folks to pay any more.

I charge $3.00 a dozen for mine and that is simply break even. I don't lose money, but I'm not making any either. Obviously this limits the size of my operation.

For factory produced store bought eggs Egglands Best are pretty good. Not comparable to my grass raised eggs, but they are making a living from theirs and mine are just a hobby. Very few of us here would be able to support themselves on what they really make. For the folks who cannot produce their own then store bought are what it has to be.

.....Alan.

 

[flakey chick]

Luckily not all store eggs are the same. I cringe at the vegetarian fed label and hope those girls still get to snack on hapless bugs. Right now we are limited to store eggs `cause our aren't laying. I think we've had the best luck with the country hen. They somewhat dark yolks. Their chickens are cage free in dirt pens but are fed greens.

I hope our top hen gets over her bad molt soon. When mama's not happy- ain't nobody happy = no eggs at all.

 

[Joyryder]

If a chicken eats bugs then its not a vegetarian. Right? Then how were Egglands chickens taught not to eat bugs while they were free ranging. I don't think you can have vegetarian chickens unless they're caged. Just a thought.
BTW you WIN!

 

[wegotchickens]

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I still don't think EB hens get to truly be free-range.

 

[cap1717]

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My experience is all "anectoday" NOT SCIENTIFIC. . . In the past year I have purchased "free range' eggs from a variety of sources, local egg producers, Egglands best, and others. I have also purchased eggs from a neighbor who has happy healthy (but not free range) chickens, that are fed a good quality layer feed. The eggs from these sources all tasted pretty much the same, and all have light colored yolks. . . .Now that my pullets have started producing, I am noticing a big
difference in eggs. . . my girls are producing eggs with bright orange yolks, and almost unbelieveably tough shells (it can be hard to crack them!) They have free choice layer food, as well as high protien "treats", a daily scattering of scratch, and free range (bug and rodent control) in my small yard.

 

[KMHunter]

chickensducks&agoose :

You can increase your Omega -3s by giving your chickens flax seeds. I think that EB are superior to the generic eggs sold in walmart and most grocery stores. I like the "vegetarian fed' because it means that they are not feeding ground up boy chicks and old layers to the laying population... because that grosses me out, and some places DO that. Nothing can compare to free ranging, happy, organically fed backyard layers, because we are the BEST!

I have a question about the ground up chickens and other meat in the chicken food. Does it only go into regular feed, and not organic? What is the protien in organic? I mean, can't ground up "boy chicks" and "old layer" be organic? Just a question.​

 

[Wifezilla]

I don't think you can have vegetarian chickens unless they're caged. Just a thought

Exactly. If they have access to bugs, worms, lizards, small rodents, etc... they are not vegetarian fed. If they don't have access to bugs and critters, then they sure as hell aren't outside playing in the sunshine.​

 

[cybercat]

Anyone catch last nights CSI episode about the chicken farm? That was a good example of what industry calls free range. All the chickens on the floor in one big building not cage but not outside.

On the veggi thing I rather have my chickens eating some kind of meat than soy protien. But that is another topic for another time and has been hashed out alot already.