r45 4 Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Do you spend a bit more and buy eggs from birds that aren't cooked up all their life in a cage the size of a shoe box, or do you spend a bit more and buy free range eggs from 'happier' birds? Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 There's a lot of fuss going on right now about eggs - see the news last night? Did you see those poor chicken dudes all cooked up in their little boxes. I hate seeing that. I'll pay a bit more to give them a bit of space. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 I spend a bit more. Pics of the hens in small boxes is disturbing. Link to post Share on other sites
Plucky 0 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 This may be a dumb question, but how can you tell? I don't read much Japanese, so I'm not sure what is free-range and what is not. In the states I made a point of buying mostly free-range products. Out here, I can't tell the difference. Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 I think sticker on egg box. Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 I'll spend a bit more as well. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 A good FR egg tastes only about 100 times better anyway. Spend more, get better egg and happy chickens. The eggs I like to buy have a little pink heart sticker on each egg with a smiley chicken on it. Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 Quote: A good FR egg tastes only about 100 times better anyway Another good point. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 Mine have happy chicken stickers on too. With a heart. Sounds the same, it is probably standard. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 I was in Shikoku one time and bought the most expensive egg - 1000 yen/egg from some bloke who has the "freshest and best eggs" along the Shimantogawa. Was damn good but wont ever pay that much for an egg... Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 I wonder if the birds shared in the gains. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 My grandma loves expensive eggs. Ukokkei（ウコッケイ） no Tamago. Shimantogawa no Tamago also sounds very good! Link to post Share on other sites
bulbous 0 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 I always buy free range eggs, I don't know how hen farmers can live with themselves putting thousands of hens in the conditions they do. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Happy heart chicken eggs for me. They do taste better, for sure. Link to post Share on other sites
crazyski 0 Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 does anyone want to do the leg-work and find an image of this happy chicken? i went to the supa yesterday, tried to find the elusive happy sticker, and ended up buying 10 for 78 yen because I couldn't find it anywhere. but i like happy chicken stickers, and yummy eggs. Link to post Share on other sites
mikazooki 0 Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 i hears ya. my local before sold 'em happy chicken eggs, and i bought 'em. but now the GF does all the shopping (cos i, um, do all the forum work) and none out of our 3 nearest supermarkets sell free range. i refused to believe this when i was first told, but alas it is true. and the extra effort to find the free rangers is not offered. Link to post Share on other sites
zebedee 1 Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Free range. Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 The thing that I find disturbing is the way people I ask just don't seem to care or feel bad about what is done to the hens - even if they see footage of a hen facrory. Lots of apathy, I find that real cold. Link to post Share on other sites
yodel 0 Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 My other half complains about me insisting on the more expensive eggs, but I do insist. Link to post Share on other sites
dale#1 1 Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 What % of hens are free range here anyway? A Japanese friend of mine said 70%, but that sounds wildly unrealistic..... Link to post Share on other sites
green 0 Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 Perhaps that is the other way round - ie 30% free range. Link to post Share on other sites
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