Comments on: Organic Eggs

By: al jay

al jay — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:43:09 +0000

just a few days ago i have started to raise 10 sasso chicks. Lets see what happens if i cross breed them with more “native” chickens who are also known to have strong resistance to disease which these commercial chickens are prone to have. I live down south in mindanao.,,,in my farm. ill update you if i can have eggs that are really “organic”.
Thanks for your column on eggs.

By: Keri

Keri — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:58:48 +0000

Me too.. please send me details where I can buy organic eggs. Gracies! 0923-3904168

By: Rod

Rod — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:54:10 +0000

Pls wer can i buy organic eggs? If you can, send me any details you have. 09282242657. Thanks.

By: shirley monteiro

shirley monteiro — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:07:49 +0000

how much is your live chicken? im looking for live chicken supplier, pls. reply thru my email add.
thanks

By: Buds

Buds — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:16:44 +0000

The difference between organic free range and organic caged is that there are still far fewer potential pathogens in free range. Think about it, the more crowded living conditions are, the higher the chances for disease. This is why animals in crowded feedlot operations need antibiotics, not because chickens are naturally germy.

There is more to organic than just a label/marketing ploy. “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by my Michael Pollan is a great resource.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:51:52 +0000

Raymund, in Manila, organic eggs are retailed from PHP9-12 per egg, depending on where you purchase them… and frankly, I think they are totally worth the extra money…

By: Raymund

Raymund — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:31:38 +0000

I’m in CdO. Grew up in Manila. I grow free range chickens from Farmer’s Choice for meat (Happy Free Range Chicken). I tried growing a few of the chickens all the way till they lay eggs. I grow them “free range”/ uncaged. I still give feeds mixed with corn grains to supplement whatever they get from scratching the range area (insects, worms, grass). No soluble vitamins or antibiotics. I’m not yet selling the eggs i am able to produce. I was pleasantly surprised when i tasted the eggs. Iba talaga. like what all of them said, the consistency is “eggier” and the egg is tastier. The yolk is more intense in color. Just want to ask what would be a good price for the eggs. A price that will allow an average family to shift from the usual eggs they buy to this “free range eggs” that’s more expensive.(Assuming egg size is at “Medium”) Is 10 per egg okay?

By: Roy Mendoza

Roy Mendoza — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:34:45 +0000

Free range eggs or Organic eggs as we call them are supposed to be cheaper than the commercial or eggs that came from caged-birds. It is because of the low input or low investment of the housing that lacks it. Plus the feed are not commercially prepared. Promoting organic produce will be having a hard time to climb up the market as compared with the commercially produce ones because of the artificial cost of production that it entails.

By: jojo edjan

jojo edjan — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:27:24 +0000

for those interested, im selling sasso chicken meat or live chicken, my backyard farm is located in Silang, Cavite, please feel free to contact my wife cp#09159028074, my produce are all imported sasso chicken acquired from Solraya Enterprises…….low low prices compare to current commercial prices…….

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:19:03 +0000

I suppose not caged or free range just means they are allowed to roam, in the same way that jamon jabugo pigs can forage for acorns on acres and acres of land rather than being penned and fed… I don’t think it is a major issue. If the price of truly organic eggs from either a pen or free range were the same, I would be inclined to buy the free range ones I suppose… perhaps up to 10% more in price even, if just for the knowledge (rational or not) that the chickens were just doing their thing instead of being stuck in a chicken hotel in close quarters being forced to lay eggs at a maximum pace…