[TADSLOS]

Judy Reardon, a lobbyist for the New England Brown Egg Council...

wow.

[leadpenny]

Not if they're former democrat first ladies.

[vikzilla]

You would think legislators had better things to worry about.

I love these people that represent Foundations or Orgs.

Spend others donations to lobby for spending others money and have a lifetime carreer telling others how you work to improve the world.

All the while producing nothing of substance.

They just can't seem to get the fact that its the final outcome that matters when decisions are made. Not the process.

[politicalwit]

Damn Masshole transplants. They are screwing up my old New Hampshire.

[Ditter]

Yes they should live outside where the raccoons, possums, coyotes, foxes, and dogs can get them. That is natures way.

[crazyhorse691]

These birdbrains know nothing about avian psychology or barnyard rules. It's all about feelings...THEIRS...and nobody elses.

[Disturbin]

Just start printing "organic" on the egg cartons and the libs will forget all about it.

[4yearlurker]

When I worked on the egg farm back in my youth we had about 30,000 chickens that roamed the coops. The beaks were burned flat when they were chicks. Chickens can be aggressive but they weren't killing each other. Just didn't happen.

[Condor51]

Free Huey!.. Free Huey!.. Free Huey!... Free Huey!

Oh wait... this is about chickens in the coop, never mind...

prolly dating myself with the 'Free Huey' chant ;-)

[Darnright]

Groan...

[oldcomputerguy]

I now buy free roaming eggs. The shells are much thicker so that means the hens and getting more minerals and so am I.

I find they are more satisfying than typical caged eggs.

[oldcomputerguy]

I now buy free roaming eggs. The shells are much thicker so that means the hens are getting more minerals and so am I.

I find they are more satisfying than typical caged eggs.

[capt. norm]

When I grew up on a small farm in Iowa, we always let the chickens out in decent weather.

While they're scrounging around outside, they eat a gazillion bugs and help keep the lawn green in 'other ways'.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Well, I'm ahead of the curve as always, LOL! My hens are cage free and have a huge yard to scratch in. This year I'm going to try two things; Chicken Tractors, which are an-opened bottom cage that you put them in, then move the cage around to fresh grass, or garden rows you want picked clean of bugs and weeds, and free-ranging them during the day, then putting them back in at night for their own safety.

Hurry, Spring! While their eggs are magnificent now, this will greatly cut back on my need to feed them laying mash, and I'll bet the eggs taste even better, if that's at all possible.

They had homemade Oatmeal Muffins this morning, the poor abused babies, LOL! And I'm cleaning out the fridge today, so they'll get a few other treats as well.

As for these busy-bodies...you can have eggs that are cheaply and efficiently produced for the masses, or you can have eggs that garner $4 a dozen, as do mine in some circles...and I'm still not making much over 50-cents a dozen on them, to be perfectly honest.

I'm pretty sure the masses enjoy those eggs at 39-center per dozen. Heck, when regular eggs are cheap, I pick up a dozen because I have to wait three weeks for mine to work hard-boiled. When they're too fresh, you can't get the peels off of them, once boiled. Store-bought eggs are 2-3 weeks old already once they hit the store; just perfect for hard-boiling. :)

[Eva]

Sure, if you want to make it easier to spread avian flu.

[N. Theknow]

Who gives a cluck?

[Lizavetta]

battery cages -- are usually about 67 square inches in size and don't allow chickens to move properly

"Son...I say, son, that just ain't right."