crazychicknlady | Store Bought Eggs. (Reply)

For the first time in over four years I had to buy store eggs. Last winter we managed on the goose eggs from our new geese. This fall they did not start to lay for us, so it seems last year was an anomaly. I fully expect the geese will start up in the Spring, like our first girl goose used to do. In the meantime, if they are still good, I have about 8-10 duck eggs left in the fridge. I haven't gotten duck or chicken eggs in the last month; this is likely due to the shorter days and colder weather and the advanced age of our hens. It probably doesn't help that two of our younger ducks recently got picked off by predators.

I ended up with a basic grocery store brand dozen. I looked at some of the cage free ones, even though that doesn't really guarantee a better quality of life for the birds. The real reason I didn't go that route, was their proud declaration that their hens were fed an exclusively vegetarian diet. Hens are omnivores. They shouldn't be fed a vegetarian diet. In addition, if they truly had a free and happy existence they would have access to insects. If their diets are so strictly controlled as to guarantee vegetarian, they must not be able to move about much on their own, even if they aren't in individual cages.