Thanks for taking the time to investigate this, jean-claude! I should have
written to them myself given that Eggland's Best eggs are sold in the
supermarket in my town here in Kentucky.

I'm not worried about the size of the cages provided they are not
drastically smaller than those used with ordinary chickens but I am a little
disturbed by the price difference. I like these eggs but they are priced at
about $1.70 per dozen compared to the 70 cents or so that I pay for ordinary
eggs.

-gts

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ingrid Bauer/J-C Catry" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 5:00 AM
Subject: Re: [P-F] What's up with these eggs....


> More on this brand of eggs i got a message back from the company' s
> researcher.
>
> <Our Eggland's Best hens are caged and our CFO Cage-Free Organic <are
floor
> housed with a minimum of 2 square feet per bird (available in <the upper
> Midwest and areas of the NE United States.  I don't know the <space
> allowance in the caged birds.  It varies depending on the <individual
farm,
> but whatever it is, I'm pretty confident it wouldn't be <anything for me
to
> brag about.  Cage housing is more sanitary and the <risk of Salmonella
> infection is about 1/3 that of floor-housed birds, but it <doesn't provide
> an impressive amount of space.
>
> more was on his post but i asked him  1st if he was okay with me
forwarding
> his message. I wait for the green light. very interesting informations.
> have somebody heard about the brand name colombus hens.? They are supposed
> to be fed an original diet .
> jean-claude
>