My employer's daughters Sonja (top), and Erika with their beloved chickens. This family lives in Kamloops on property bigger than 1 acre. There are a dozen hens in their coop and I have the pleasure of feeding them once in a while and collecting their eggs. The hens are well looked after and greet you with happy clucking noises when you open the door to their coop. I can report first hand that they do not stink! Sometimes I am given the excess eggs to take home and enjoy. The yolks of these eggs (free-range, organic) are a deep orange and contain one third less cholesterol — and one fourth less saturated fat than commercially produced eggs. Comparison also shows free-range, organic vs. commercial may contain: 2/3 more vitamin A, 2 times more omega-3 fatty acids, 3 times more vitamin E, and 7 times more beta carotene. Chew on that for a while.
Welcome to the blog world, Sarah. I am happy you are here. Keep writing and letting the good causes of this glorious creation work you up. The rest of us sure need you.
“If every U.S. citizen ate just one meal a week (any meal) composed of locally and organically raised meats and produce, we would reduce our country’s oil consumption by over 1.1 million barrels of oil every week. Small changes in buying habits can make big differences. Becoming a less energy-dependent nation may just need to start with a good breakfast.” Steven L. Hopp, “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barbara Kingsolver
The living conditions in Commercial egg factories are as such: Up to nine birds are often crammed into a cage the size of a microwave oven where they are not able to lie down. Blazing lights stimulate their ovaries day and night so that they lay almost double the eggs a normal, happy hen should lay. They breathe the stench of ammonia - never knowing the sweet smell of fresh air. They feel chronic pain from debeaking, the routine removal of a chick's beak to stop them taking out their distress on each other. A normal, happy hen lives up to four years, while the commercial hen is made into pet food after just 15 months.
"When I learned that the hen had tear glands, I assumed she could cry" Gina Mallet, Last Chance to Eat.
My employer's daughters Sonja (top), and Erika with their beloved chickens. This family lives in Kamloops on property bigger than 1 acre. There are a dozen hens in their coop and I have the pleasure of feeding them once in a while and collecting their eggs. The hens are well looked after and greet you with happy clucking noises when you open the door to their coop. I can report first hand that they do not stink! Sometimes I am given the excess eggs to take home and enjoy. The yolks of these eggs (free-range, organic) are a deep orange and contain one third less cholesterol — and one fourth less saturated fat than commercially produced eggs. Comparison also shows free-range, organic vs. commercial may contain: 2/3 more vitamin A, 2 times more omega-3 fatty acids, 3 times more vitamin E, and 7 times more beta carotene. Chew on that for a while.
Welcome to the blog world, Sarah. I am happy you are here. Keep writing and letting the good causes of this glorious creation work you up. The rest of us sure need you.
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