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That's $3 for 15 eggs. Sadly not free-range, only cage-free.
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15? Wth is this? Insanity.
Eggs come in 6 or 12 packs. That's it.
The other day I saw a place with a pack of 20 for the first time and had to recheck in what planet I was.
6-packs are available in the US, but it's mostly 12 and 18-packs. There's also the giant package, which must canonically be a "pallet" of eggs.
Just found a receipt in my pocket from yesterday. The smallest shittiest eggs are 33.30 Norwegian Kroner for 12 at co-op xtra ($2.95).
Not terribly off topic, but I've been wondering if cage free or free range has had an affect on the spread of bird flu. Our state banned cages long ago, but we still seem hit hard.
We have a local pultry ranch and last I heard they were hit pretty hard, but I think they are free range. I've also had a neighbor with a couple chickens in her backyard have to cull one. Oh, and one report of a cat dying. (It's really bad for pets)
We have quite a lot of rules and regulations in place for how chickens are allowed to be kept. If you're curious, Jordbruksverket has a guide on their website., assuming you're not Swedish here is a machine-translated version.
According to regulations on disease control, poultry kept for food production must be enclosed when they are outside. This also applies if you sell meat or eggs on a smaller scale.
You may only have your birds outside without enclosure if you do not sell meat or eggs from them.
I think this rule was put in place back when there was a bird flu outbreak a few years ago. My old principal used to keep chickens, but she stopped doing that after the outbreak because she felt like the rules around how chickens were allowed to be kept after that was too inhumane. Granted I think she said that you're not allowed to let them roam free at all so maybe she misunderstood, or maybe the law has been changed since.
Granted I think she said that you're not allowed to let them roam free at all so maybe she misunderstood, or maybe the law has been changed since.
Seems like you're required to keep them indoors during the outbreak of a disease like bird flu - there's mention of this in the section right after the part you quoted.
I think the rules about having some form of enclosure are fairly sensible and probably not incompatible with an acceptable life for the birds. I'd guess a fence around your property would suffice, after all, which would simultaneously serve to make sure that none of your birds get lost.
Ah yes, I'd missed that. Thank you. Her not wanting to lock up the chickens 24/7 for an indeterminate amount of time makes a lot of sense to me. She was very fond of her chickens.
The terms "cage free" and "free range" are near meaningless on an industrial scale. The chickens are still packed in as tightly as regulations allow.
As for smaller producers, I don't know. It sounds like bird flu is about as contagious as is possible.