Battery Eggs vs Free Range Eggs

Battery Hens are put in cages from birth and are not allowed to move around and when they lay there eggs they go through a gap in the floor so the eggs can be sold. These Hens are cramped in a cage with three other Hens. Also when the Hens go the toilet they have to sit in it until they die. Over 60 %      of the eggs produced in the world in industrial systems are Battery Eggs, two thirds in Europe. The EU directive said they Battery Cages have to be at least 750cm wide and 45cm high.     96                      Free Range Hens are allowed to run around in a free space in a farm, big shed or a chicken coop. Which is better than being stuck in a cramped cage. Most free range eggs in the UK have printed on the egg Free Range or Cage Free. If the Hen is inside but not in a cage they also count as Free Range. But a new research study has found out that there is no differance in the taste of a Free Range egg and A Battery Egg. So, what ever egg you buy there is no differance in taste but free range hens are looked after better. 206