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In article >, ost
says...
>
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:24:31 -0600, zxcvbob wrote:
>
> > Where does one find eggs that are not produced in battery cages if you
> > don't personally know someone with a flock of yard chickens? I don't
> > eat all that many eggs, so if they cost, say $3 per dozen instead of
> > 99¢, that doesn't really affect my food budget at all. But I don't want
> > to pay extra just for a marketing ploy that really doesn't mean what is
> > says.
> >
> > To be honest, I haven't looked for them yet. And I just bought a dozen
> > eggs this morning at the convenience store that were so cheap there were
> > probably produced in triple-decker cages by chickens fed a diet of
> > garbage and roadkill.
> >
> > I don't want necessarily to pay $1 apiece for Amish? heirloom-chicken
> > Organic? eggs (What does even that mean? I bet those chickens aren't
> > even Amish at all)
> >
> > Just free-roaming in a crowded barn with nest boxes, roosts, and a dirt
> > corner for "dust baths", even if the chooks never go outside or eat a
> > bug would be a huge improvement if not totally cruelty-free.
>
> Whew. Lets cut this short.
>
> So WTF are you trying to _DO_ with these eggs you buy at the convenience
> store?
>
> You have a long way to go between Convenience Store Eggs and Cage Free.
>
> -sw

Here's something interesting. The no-brand-name convenience store near
me stocks Cage Free eggs from Baffoni Farm here in Johnston, RI.

We've taken to calling them Constitutional Eggs - get it, no cage.