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We COULD have an immigration law overhaul with some compromise, but Trump historically hasn't worked out compromise in the past.

Now that is funny.  

Cage-free hens are spared several severe cruelties that are inherent to battery cage systems. But it would nevertheless be a mistake to consider cage-free facilities to necessarily be "cruelty-free." Here are some of the more typical sources of animal suffering associated with both types of egg production:

Both systems typically buy their hens from hatcheries that kill the male chicks upon hatching—more than 200 million each year in the United States alone.
Both cage and cage-free hens have part of their beaks burned off, a painful mutilation.
Both cage and cage-free hens are typically slaughtered at less than two years old, far less than half their normal lifespan. They are often transported long distances to slaughter plants with no food or water.
While the vast majority of the battery and cage-free egg industry no longer uses starvation to force molt the birds, there are battery and cage-free producers alike who still use this practice.
So, while cage-free does not necessarily mean cruelty-free, cage-free hens generally have significantly better lives than those confined in battery cages. The ability to lay their eggs in nests, run and spread their wings are tangible benefits that shouldn't be underestimated.

I don't think "cage free" has any legal definition, or any inspection system to ensure hens are "cafe free", outside a few states.  They could not be in cages but still in very crowded restricted spaces.  To me, it is gimmicky.  


The laws in California, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington dictate that shell and liquid eggs (including egg yolks or egg whites) must come from indoor or outdoor cage-free housing systems that meet the United Egg Producers' guidelines.

OK, so a USDA inspector does verify they comply with the term, that's good to know.  I still ain't buyin' em.

We don't buy store brand eggs. They suck.

I got news for you, they all come from the same place. 

I worked at an egg processing plant duing my college years. They would recieve eggs from the egg farms by the truck load and be stored in a cold storage warehouse. Every day, we would take the eggs to the egg processing machines that would clean the eggs, run them through a candling screening, sort them and then package them in egg cartons and then into cases. 

My job was to track the orders that came in from grocery stores, and brand name eggs suppliers. Each day, we had x number of cases of each variety that needed to ship that evening. I would track these orders and let the people on the lines know when to switch from one brand to another. All that was involved in that was to change the carton that the eggs were going into.

There was one brand that stood out to me. It was called Low Cal 40. They were marketed as a low calorie egg aimed at those wishing to loose weight. They sold for about twice what a similar dozen of eggs would cost. When we were fulfiling those orders, I would find a line that was packaging medium eggs and tell them to switch to Low Cal 40's at a point and give me X number of cases. When that order was fullfilled, they would go to another brand (store brand or name brand) and package medium eggs. There was absolutely no difference between a store brand medium egg and the Low Cal 40 egg, except the price. 

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Which lucky one becomes Colorado's mascot?