Eggs

1 doz. Fresh Free-Range Eggs – $3.00

Our Eggs Are Healthier!

Studies have shown eggs from hens given ample access to pastures on which to forage contain:

  • 1/3 Less Cholesterol
  • 1/4 Less Saturated Fat
  • 2/3 More Vitamin A
  • 2 Times More Omega 3 Fatty Acids
  • 3 Times More Vitamin E
  • 7 Times More Beta Carotene
  • 3-6 Times More Vitamin D

Access to forage doesn’t get more ample than our chickens have. Every day from dawn to dusk our chickens are free to roam a wide variety of grassy yard areas, fields and wooded areas for a diet balanced by mother nature.

Our Eggs Are More Humane

Battery Hens

Battery Hens; Picture via ABC Aus.

Eggs found on supermarket shelves are sourced from farms that use battery cages for keeping hens contained. In these cages hens live out their laying days without being able to move, stretch their wings or get away from the birds packed in beside them like sardines. The cages are kept inside buildings — the hens never see the light of day, let along grass, bugs and all that their bodies have been designed to thrive on.

Even eggs from Cage-Free hens do not provide the animals with better living arrangements. Those hens are free of the battery cages, but they’re still packed tightly into closed up buildings without room to move, stretch, roost or lay eggs in the comfort of even a basic nesting box.

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