Bottom Line....Store bought eggs suck! Before having chickens, I would normally buy organic free-range eggs. These are "better" than the larger commercial factories. If you have to buy eggs, then get them from a farmer's market. Talk to the farmer about how their chickens live. If they can tell you an interesting story, then most likely their eggs are decent.
Luckily, I haven't had to buy an egg in a few months. I bought my chicks last summer and the last of my four chickens started laying on good friday. She's a polish girl and her eggs turned out to be off white with just a hint of pink. So now I have white, brown, green, and pink eggs. I don't even need to dye eggs this easter!
If you've never tried a true organic free-range egg, you need to now! Find a farmer, a friend with chickens or email me if local. You'll never feel the same way about store bought eggs again. These eggs are a deep orange, the yolks stand tall on top of the whites, and the shells are thick. These are proud eggs. And I know from which one of my chickens each egg came from. When making breakfast I can thank that chicken who produced it for me. Now that's local!
Anyways, Egg choices can be quite confusing. I recommend people check out Mother Earth News' Egg Page
http://www.motherearthnews.com/eggs.aspx Their tests show that free range eggs have 1/3rd less cholesterol than normal.
And if you want to start keeping chickens. Most cities in the bay area allow them. No roosters though. And if you think you don't have enough space just remember that anything you give the hen will be larger than a commercial cage. A good place to start research is www.backyardchickens.com
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