VERY Important Question!

kimbo1216 · August 2014

I think this is my first random poll. lol.

What color eggs do you buy? Do you pay more for cage-free? I'm not polling whether or not you buy organic. Just caginess and color. :P

kimbo1216 · August 2014

I normally buy cage-free brown eggs. But today, white were on sale so I got those. I have no clue why I always buy brown. So it got me thinking about what others buy.

mancila60 · August 2014

SS I buy white eggs but never look at if they are cage free or not.

deedee1017 · August 2014

Funny enough, I was at my mother's over the weekend and she had brown eggs. It got me thinking about why I only buy white eggs. I don't think I've ever conscientiously said I only need white eggs. I think the brown eggs are the next section over and I never gave it a second thought. I'm not sure if they are caged or not.

kimbo1216 · August 2014

@mancila60, cage-free is like double regular eggs. You would most likely know if you were purchasing cage-free. The high price-tag makes it a very conscious decision for me.

sleepy33 · August 2014

kimbo1216 said:

@mancila60, cage-free is like double regular eggs. You would most likely know if you were purchasing cage-free. The high price-tag makes it a very conscious decision for me.

^^^ this. Too cheap to be conscientious. #poorchickens #Iampartoftheproblem

mancila60 · August 2014

kimbo1216 said:
@mancila60, cage-free is like double regular eggs. You would most likely know if you were purchasing cage-free. The high price-tag makes it a very conscious decision for me.

It's the same brand that I have always bought so I don't pay attention to the price. Also I just look to see if they are broken. I guess I should really look at price tags more often.

sleepy33 · August 2014

And by cheap, I mean po.

kimbo1216 · August 2014

sleepy33 said:

kimbo1216 said:

@mancila60, cage-free is like double regular eggs. You would most likely know if you were purchasing cage-free. The high price-tag makes it a very conscious decision for me.

^^^ this. Too cheap to be conscientious. #poorchickens #Iampartoftheproblem

haha. At least you're not in denial? :P

countingthestars · August 2014

SS- We have been trying to watch what we eat so we have started buying egg whites only but when i do buy eggs its the white ones not cage free.

vvg28 · August 2014

My neighbor has laying hens. They are all different colors. Brown, white, green, etc. I just pay $1/dozen.

jennlin · August 2014

#partoftheproblem

KerCo51 · August 2014

White, not cage free. With the amount of eggs my husband eats a week, cage free would be ridiculously expensive.

Herefishy87 · August 2014

I buy whatever is cheapest, noramally it's the white store brand. Maybe this should be a fffc but I didn't even know they had cage free eggs at the grocery store.
I would LOVE to have chickens but unfortunately we live in a neighborhood where we can't have them!

( Next house we buy I want to be able to have chickens, ducks and goats!!!!

carawasa · August 2014

I just grab whatever, usually, but I guess I tend to grab the cage free. Doesn't matter the color, it all tastes the same to me

blondolphn · August 2014

White caged. When I'm rich I'll do better I promise.

shelley1002 · August 2014

I buy whatever is on sale. Usually we have white eggs. No idea if they are cage-free or not.
My parents always buy brown.

BrittanyCupcakes · August 2014

I have my own chickens. They lay brown and green eggs.

Gatorsgirl731 · August 2014

I don't buy eggs. I buy grain for my chickens.

The words cage free or organic mean absolutely nothing on egg cartons. A bird can live it's life inside a barn on a concrete floor with fluorescent lights and still qualify as organic and cage free/free range. If your going to buy eggs at the store save your money and buy what's cheap. There isn't any difference in brown or white eggs it depends most on the breed of the chicken. Oh and most of your store bought eggs are at least 6 weeks old when they hit the shelf. Also many of them are washed with a bleach solution. Egg shells are porous to allow moisture to a growing chick, so if they are washed in bleach water they absorb it as well.

This is what a free range/cage free organic chickens look like.

And these are what their eggs look like.

*note. People save their egg cartons for us.

kimbo1216 · August 2014

@gatorsgirl731, you are making me want to search for a local option.

Gatorsgirl731 · August 2014

If you buy organic or cage free because you care about what you put in your body or how the animals are treated then you should look for a different option.

And I'm not saying that if you buy just any old egg at the store you don't care. Some people simply do not have an option to buy straight from the farmer. I'm just saying don't get scammed by a "organic" label.

tashad18 · August 2014

I buy white eggs but have never looked to see if they are cage free or not.

deedee1017 · August 2014

I feel bad when I have chicken and eggs on the counter together. Not sure how this relates to your post, kimbo, but I thought this was the most relevant place to put it.

bkeane619 · August 2014

We buy cage free/organic they are always brown. @Gatorsgirl731‌ I think they taste 10x better than the cheap eggs and their shells are so thick compared to the cheapos.

Lee81 · August 2014

For whatever reason all the cage free eggs at my store are brown, so all the eggs at my house are brown. I guess I should look into a local farmer, though.

muffyvonmuff · August 2014

baconface said:

I've read that there is absolutely no difference health-wise between brown and white eggs.

But, I buy brown eggs because when I crack them, it is easier to find the bits of shell that inevitably end up in the egg.

Never crack on a corner always on a flat surface…helps with the shell bits #pastrychefed

Gatorsgirl731 · August 2014

bkeane619 said:
We buy cage free/organic they are always brown. @Gatorsgirl731‌ I think they taste 10x better than the cheap eggs and their shells are so thick compared to the cheapos.

@bkeane619‌ at the grocery store?

The state of the shell has to do with the age of the chicken nothing to do with the type of egg

https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/02/difference-brown-white-eggs/

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/1342583/

Jenball717 · August 2014

I like the omega 3 eggs when Costco had them, my location never has them anymore. They were cage free and organic and $6 for 24, great deal.

bionicb · August 2014

I only buy eggs to put into things like cake and cookies and brownies. And even then its the cheapos because thats what I know and can afford.

cassey910 · August 2014

I buy cage free but I switch up from brown to white!

MissLauraPants · August 2014

jgslr said:

I pay extra for cage free, brown, and from Texas (local). I really, really want to get a couple chickens of my own, that's the dream. Our neighbor had a small coup, but he was a dick and didn't share and would get pissy about my cat being in his yard. Like if my cat would listen to me if I said don't go over there.

Me to a t. I'm thinking of sneaking some hens in my yard with a pen and camouflaging from the hoa. I'm actually really surprised more don't buy cage free. Poor chickens.

bkeane619 · August 2014

Gatorsgirl731 said:

We buy cage free/organic they are always brown. @Gatorsgirl731‌ I think they taste 10x better than the cheap eggs and their shells are so thick compared to the cheapos.
@bkeane619‌ at the grocery store? The state of the shell has to do with the age of the chicken nothing to do with the type of egg https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/02/difference-brown-white-eggs/ https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/1342583/

yea at the grocery store, in fact my uncle in law gave us eggs from his chickens and they tasted almost the same as the ones I buy at the store.

MtnChickaD · August 2014

We get cage free farm eggs from a woman at DHs office for 1.50/dozen. They are awesome and all different colors including blue and green!

vargasgurl · August 2014

I'm very random ... I like cage free brown eggs because the yolks look more yellow to me , however I don't discriminate as long as they are large or jumbo I'm happy. We also buy a lot of egg whites.

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