Poll: Do you buy cage eggs?

[Esotera]

I will if they cost less. I think supermarkets are moving towards free range eggs only (I know the Sainsbury's where I live only stock these), so it's getting harder. Eggs coming from very well treated hens cost an absolute bomb though, don't know where you got the impression that they're not expensive.

 

[porpoise hork]

My in-laws have a small cattle ranch and their neighbors raise free range chickens so my wife and I always get far fresh eggs from them. If we do have to buy eggs from the store they are free range organic.

 

[KarmaTheAlligator]

Free range, when I do buy eggs. Which is once in a blue moon.

 

[Vuliev]

I buy whatever eggs are present, they all taste the same to me.

Also, I don't eat eggs very often at the moment--too much effort involved in cooking them.

 

[Trivun]

I really should buy free range, especially as the place I work (Waitrose) only stocks free range eggs anyway and we place massive pride in the fact that all our products are of the highest quality, as well as having affordable ranges (such as our rather cheap 'Essentials' range) - which is why we are the best supermarket in the UK! (yeah, shameless advertising - I'm just kidding about all that, although yeah, it is true about the price and quality ).

But, I barely ever shop there anyway. Not because I don't want to, but because my mum does the shopping in our house, until I can afford my own place (since I can't now I've finished university), and there are literally two Asdas and a Morrisons within a mile of my house whereas the nearest Waitrose is a twenty-minute drive, and is the one where I work.

Therefore I tend to not really care, or know, where my eggs are from. As long as battery hens are cheaper, my mum will continue to buy those eggs, welfare of the animals be damned...

 

[Vuliev]

I buy whatever eggs are present, they all taste the same to me.

Also, I don't eat eggs very often at the moment--too much effort involved in cooking them.

Do you survive on cereal? I'm trying to think of anything that takes less effort than eggs.

Pasta (plain pasta, nothing on it.) And ham/cheese roll sandwiches.

Remember, effort also includes cleaning the dishes afterwards.

 

[Rawne1980]

I don't care.

I just buy whichever eggs I see first, I never check.

 

[Bradeck]

Eggs from caged chickens is bad? Tell me more about the clothes you wear made in Indonesia sweat shops, or the shoes you were made in Chinese sweat shops. Or the computer you use made in Chinese Drone factories. Selective hippy is selective.

 

[Clearing the Eye]

I don't buy any animal product. Not because I care about the animals, but because I just don't like any animal derived food. Not that I would go out of my way to hurt an animal or condone their abuse, but so far as food is concerned, circle of life and such. For example, I love my cats and dogs, but have no issue with people farming such animals for food in China. It's not a nice fact of life, but things die and are eaten by others. *shrug*

 

[Clearing the Eye]

Eggs from caged chickens is bad? Tell me more about the clothes you wear made in Indonesia sweat shops, or the shoes you were made in Chinese sweat shops. Or the computer you use made in Chinese Drone factories. Selective hippy is selective.

Now, now. That was pretty damn presumptuous and offensive.

 

[Akyho]

I buy free range...why? Because no one stocks Caged/battery or barn. Because "its unethical".
Personally I dont care. However Free range is there and probably the same price as battery?

It is cheap, its bought, if it matter to the people that care go ahead dosnt bother me.

 

[lacktheknack]

I'm pretty sure they took free-range eggs off my grocery store's shelf, but I didn't pay too much attention anyways.

 

[Lucem712]

Eh, I don't eat that many eggs, so whatever happens to be the cheapest. And honestly, I don't bother with 'free-range' because it's pretty much a scam.

But whatever helps people sleep at night, ya know?

 

[malestrithe]

I buy whatever is on sale.

I don't have a problem with keeping chickens in cages because I've seen the alternative first hand. Like most bird species, chickens are cannibalistic. If they see a drop of blood, they will frenzy and attack whatever is closest to them. A good frenzy can kill ten percent of the group and leave the survivors weak against predators.

Yeah, it sucks we keep animals in cages, but the alternative is far worse.

 

[The Lunatic]

My parents have their own chickens, they're allowed to roam the garden.

 

[Clearing the Eye]

Now, now. That was pretty damn presumptuous and offensive.

Not really, because if some people are going to point fingers at others for being unethical consumers, they'd better not be raging hypocrites themselves.

But you have no idea if any of it is true and it was entirely based on conjecture, thus the presumptuous part of my comment.

 

[gazumped]

It's pretty much the only thing where I bother making sure I buy the 'ethical' version (put in inverted commas because people here are saying it's a bit of a scam and I have no idea if they're right or not).
Mostly because they're pretty much the same price and I don't buy them often enough for the few pennies extra to ever bother me.

I don't know why people are saying they cost soooo much more? Maybe they're shopping at places that only stock posh free range eggs?