Just came across 700g cage eggs going for a dollar a dozen at Coles Southland (Victoria). Plenty available as of 10 minutes ago, at least 30 dozens.
Not sure if this applies to any other Coles stores so YMMV.
For your clarification, this is not a platform for users to argue for or against cage eggs or any associated issues. If you feel obliged to express your opinions against the availability of cage eggs you are most welcome to start your own thread to voice your opinions.
Thanks for the abstract wish they published the full results.
Interesting about the poly and mono fats. The omega 3 fat difference is still pretty tiny to be significant imo.
Yeah a study by EggsRus
@Hasquarl:
I remember watching a show about a UK scientist who had studied the levels of fatty acids in meats and eggs and what he found was that the free range/grass fed were a good source of omega 3s whereas grain fed had minimal omega 3 and were actually high in the bad fats. Plus I imagine eating a variety of plants, seeds and bugs they must have a better mineral and micro nutrient profile than cage eggs. I mainly buy free range for ethical reasons but this helps me justify the cost of the delicious fresh organic eggs I get from the health food shop anyway.
Did you even look at the abstract? The difference in omega 3 acids is 0.03% hardly definitive. The vitamin and cholesterol content was the exact same. So much for 'better mineral and micro nutrient profile'.
@KBZ: Did you even read my comment though :P I was referring to a show I watched not the article. The chickens in the above study were fed the same food anyway, just one group had access to 'the range'. So both groups would have been grain fed as the majority of their diet. And if it was anything like the free range farms I have seen they live in a great big barn with access to a small patch of dusty yard. So very little intake other than grain. I'm not overly surprised that the difference was minimal. The show I watched was talking about chickens living on traditional small farms who have a small overnight pen and are outside pecking around in the weeds all day. Grain would be a much smaller portion of their diet with a much larger variety of plants, bugs, seeds, etc. I just mentioned it because I found it interesting, nothing really to do with the deal.
@KBZ:
I don't know why they gave the percentage difference in the abstract. It's a poor metric to provide. In the full text, they give the difference in mg:
"The n-3 levels were also higher (P < 0.05), at 84.5 mg/50 g in the range eggs compared with 70.50 mg/50 g in the cage eggs."
The RDI for omega-3 fatty acids is 160mg/day for men and 90mg/day for women. So a difference of 14mg per 50g egg starts to become more relevant since it accounts for an extra 8.75% and 15.55% intake for men and women, respectively.
I just don't think there's any excuse in this day and age to ever buy these, to be such a cruel bastard to save a couple of bucks is unacceptable
I disagree with your vote.
Yeah I agree but it's a pity people aren't as diligent when buying other produce because the cruelty goes far beyond this, we have to start somewhere though I guess.
I hope you feel the same way about veal then.
I just don't think there's any excuse in this day and age to ever buy these, to be such a cruel bastard to save a couple of bucks is unacceptable
If you subsidise my purchase to $2.79/doz I'll happily buy whichever eggs you'd like me to.
Do you eat meat? If you do then shut up, you're just as an equally cruel bastard.
i dont see how? there's a massive difference between inflicting unnecessary cruelty upon animals and ending their life painlessly. I even wrote an essay on that topic as an undergraduate many moons back when i was studying moral philosophy. You can eat meat and be humane about it, fella. Im sorry if you can't see that
Ending their life painlessly… Haha come on now mate.
You are truly very delusional if you believe that to be the case.
I've had the displeasure of working around a few abbitours and I can tell you it's far from a pleasant experience for the animals.
the extra pain and suffering tastes better
Eggs are 1 dolla damn thats cheap.
Free the chickens. Don't buy this rubbish. If these don't sell, Coles won't stock them again. We all play a part. How can you bring 600 eggs to market for $50? It has to be loss leading by Coles.
Ethics people.
Read the voting guidelines
The egg broke in my sink. Damn. Defective. Oh well. Buyer beware. Buy free range instead, they haven't broken yet.
Thanks.
I disagree with your vote.
While I sit on the fence (I upvoted because I thought it was a good price), I do find it a bit hypocritical that many people who are against this deal will turn a blind eye and upvote pizza hamburger KFC and other fast food deals, discounted meat, leather products etc. I'm pretty sure that nearly all of these products also involve exploitation of caged animals and other unethical treatment
Good point, and I think it's great to explore the issue beyond "cage eggs should be illegal blah blah blah". However, there are many other options that are literally sitting right next to the cage eggs, and are just as convenient. Yes, it's an arbitrary line to draw (how far does one go before ceasing to argue that some animal suffers in the production of an item), but I think it's somewhat sensible to say we shouldn't be buying cage/factory farmed goods where there are easy alternatives within arm's reach and the cage hens certainly suffer far worse conditions than others. Just my 2c lol
but I think it's somewhat sensible to say we shouldn't be buying cage/factory farmed goods where there are easy alternatives within arm's reach and the cage hens certainly suffer far worse conditions than others.
That depends on how you value money versus chicken welfare.
People wouldn't neg a good Iphone or Samsung deal but when it come to cage egg it's like Armageddon is coming. The people working in factories to make these appliance fare not much better than chicken in a cage.
Was just about to post something similar and link the article about Apple workers poor working conditions
Personally I care more about animals than the plague that is humanity. That said, in an ideal world none of this life would exist. There would not be massive population issues throughout Asia (and now Africa, thanks Bill Gates!) and we would not rely so heavily on animal farms.
Bring on bug chips!
You sound like a lonely person. I sincerely hope you find someone to love. Your misanthropic views may then alter
@hen dawg: Sorry I can't hear you over the sound of my wife's constant nagging and daughter's constant whining. Nice try though 😂😂😂
This is a deal on caged eggs, not phones. Your point is valid but noone here has actually suggested to avoid caged eggs and to go out and buy a phone produced by a company that thrives on poor working conditions for humans. It would be great to see your point made in a relevant deal though.
Wow this is a very very good point! I guess some people value chickens more than Chinese workers?
I have a very old phone and will keep it til it breaks, because of the black lake of sludge that can be seen from space that all our tech creates mining rare earths for the parts >> http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150402-the-worst-place-on-…
Ad hominem, seems to me. Whether caged chickens are ethical, or not, has no relationship to someone's stance on other issues.
Of course it does, if the reason is because of cruel working conditions. It's totally relevant. This is not an ad hominem in the slightest.
Wasn't lyl making the case that if you buy leather products (etc) you shouldn't be against caged eggs? How is that not ad hominem?
Your scenario is typical from someone who doesn't understand, doesn't want to and tries to justify their own response but has no clue about purchasing ethically. No one can live a perfect ethical life, no-one. You do what you can when you can. You move from consciously purchasing 0 products without any ethical base to 10 or 20 or 50 products (which do) over the months and years ahead. Its a gradual process and its not going to be perfect but being aware and making a continual concerted effort is what its about.
The sale of these should be illegal….
I disagree with your vote.
there is nothing wrong with caged eggs ! why all the fuss ?? tasty !! let me at 'em !!
Just like there's nothing wrong with your punctuation…
you name suggests that you are a DUD ..??
the name's dud. boh dud. [sunglasses emoji]
please search in google the word " DUD" cause i think you don't quite get the meaning
i have no time to spoon feed you mate ..!!! even though your mum may still do ??!!
I find it weird that there are people who freak out about how stuffy the chicken must feel inside a cage while laying an egg, but have no qualms eating said chicken itself!
you do realise it's far more cruel to sustain an animal and force it to live in a cage in which it can't even turn around, than let it roam around a paddock before stunning and killing it humanely, right?
Slippery slope my friend.
If you truly cared, you wouldn't consume anything that was sourced amidst pain.
It's true, I don't care as much as I insinuate, but your comment is a false dilemma. Even if it weren't, in an ideal situation, the chicken being slaughtered would not feel pain or know what was coming.
we are all here to get a bargain , DO NOT SHAME OR LOOK DOWN UPON people who choose otherwise to your opinion !
Only a sith deals in absolutes
This is is a deal on caged eggs, not eating chickens…
Like the vegos eating their salmon from rank Asian salmon farms.
They're pescos mate, get it right.
Or caged, deprived and mistreated humans locked up on islands….What a hypocritical people we are…
A downfall of people beckons when they start valueing ethical egg and animal rights over the lives of fellow humans, especially those who are less fortunate than us.
I dread the thought of being admonished by our future generations and civilations.
You know a chook farmed for meat lives for about 20 weeks while a caged chook lives for about 80 weeks and is the discarded as the body of an animal that has gone through such an experience is very coarse and not edible. Also chicken meat is far more sustainable for the planet than other livestock.
There is free range eggs farms that have higher chicken per hectare density then their caged counterparts. There is also free range chickens that never see the light of the day. Just because they aren't in a cage doesn't mean they don't spent their life confined to an overcrowded and poor maintained shed.
Not saying I agree with cage eggs but until federal regulations are setup you cannot be sure your free range chickens are treated any better. Until then then free range eggs can just be used as a scam to charge more
True words. Recently read about an egg producer that was fined massively for selling eggs marked as 'caged' and eggs marked as 'free range' from eggactly the same battery of chickens. Just the writing on the box was different.
Free range eggs = allowed onto the paddock for 1 hour per day in many instances.
I am all for free range eggs until they are truly free range and would like to see proper regulations in place.
Until then, I'll just get my organic eggs from the farmers markets .
Free range eggs = allowed onto the paddock for 1 hour per day in many instances.
You are so naive that you think farmers round up thousands of birds every day to send them in and out of sheds for a set time everyday. Do you have any idea of the amount of labour that would entail?
EGG PUN! Delivered with subtlety
This is not true for all free range eggs. It depends who you buy from, people just need to do some research. Your point is valid, let's hope we can see better regulations to see those scamming us improve their standards.
Ozbargain land of selected ethics. So many comments about unethical treatment of chickens, but rarely any comments about the Chinese 'landfill' dumped on OZB in posts. I for one sometimes impulsively bite on those deals that are about $1, only to chuck it in the draw…with the rest (I don't really think about it at the time, but should). You can read the upvoted comments like, "didn't know what it was but bought one anyway" or "Already had 5 in the draw but bought another" and no-one ever cares. Pretty sure when you buy something for under $0.20 like this delivered a human is exploited somewhere along the way. On a side note, I once bought a genuine fur coat from an RSPCA op-shop. They happily took my money.
Well at least we're making some kind of feeble progress haha. Maybe in 50 years our fellow ozb'ers will frown on comments shirking and mocking sustainability.
I've always believed the future of the mining industry will be trawling through landfill for scarce materials. If we don't kill the planet first.
Just because of the selective ethics you mention, doesn't mean we have to dismiss the more responsible comments outright.
I made an observation that people on the forum are very vocal about the lifestyle of captive chickens, but not so much about the landfill posted on OZB ($10-20 printers, 15c cables, sim card holders and crappy plastic junk that people buy for the price and not necessity). I'm sure the human workers churning out this junk are existing in situations not too dissimilar to the battery hens.
I am actually completely for free-range eggs. However, I am seriously unimpressed with the government's lack of clear regulations and transparency (much like the ingredients listed on the packaging of health/nutrition products, but that's another story) and loop-holes are exploited. It's not hard to find a factual piece about consumers being mislead about the origins of their eggs as it's hard to find evidence of the difference in nutritional value of the varieties. To me, they taste the same with the exception of very small scale set-ups people have for personal use - the yoke tastes wonderful and rich.
Now back to my steak…
I totally agree with your point about unsustainable cheap junk products that constantly pop up on this site. I often get the urge to post a comment pointing out the sustainability issues, but i never bother cos I think everyone will come down on me like a ton of bricks. Social norm i guess..
This is a deal on caged eggs…
Your point is valid, so make sure if you're of this opinion you make these comments in some relevant deals also.
$1 for a dozen eggs, bargain. At the end of the day the deal is a good one and I think that's what matters. Neg if its not a deal, if you can find eggs cheaper than this, neg away, otherwise feel free to discuss your hypocrisy else where.
Agreed. Price is great for a dozen eggs period.
As long as used by date is still good….
Older eggs are actually better to hard boil as they peel much easier.
Ooo ethical circlejerk. Neggs for eggs d:
Caged eggs will never go away because it's clear that many people would rather save a dollar or two than do the right thing for a chicken that is in that situation for years.
I eat meat but this is a simple real difference that you can make. Do the right thing as a New Year resolution
I disagree with your vote.
Yes, we get that by now
When the mods clear up inappropriate negative votes they can get rid of mine.
it's clear that many people would rather save a dollar or two than do the right thing for a chicken
Yep. The chicken could give two (profanity) about me.
…controversial!
i like mine scrambled.
bullshit that this people still think this is ok and bullshit that you can't neg it because it is ridiculously inhumane.
….eat KFC or maccas? ….eat nando's?
Noone said that, but, way to go about making assumptions!
A question mark is a question mark, not an assumption.
@smpantsonfire: No, if you take a look at all franco's comments, you will clearly see this was an assumption by way of rhetorical question (from franco's perspective).
Lol! No I don't. I'm vegetarian.
I disagree with your vote.
Animal cruelty shouldn't be a bargain.
…and yet this place is filled with deals for KFC nuggets & nando's?
Agreed.
I disagree with your vote.
i agree with you.
Cruel!
…yet nuggets & nandos arent?
Franco do you want to stop making yourself look stupid?
This deal is about caged eggs
A lot of people that have worked towards getting rid of caged eggs would also protest your fast food options
Yet nuclear bombs aren't? Why don't all you neggers protest nuclear bombs too!! Hey why don't all you neggers go to Aleppo and stand in front of the civilians!! Clearly if you're negging this deal then you should neg everything wrong in this world!!!
Clearly if you're negging this deal then you should neg everything wrong in this world!!!
He didn't neg anything.
I disagree with your vote.
Bandwagoner
For anyone in the Melbourne area, Crystal's Barnyard Pets sell ex-battery hens for $5 each. We bought two girls 18 months ago who have provided us with 6-12 eggs per week in that time. Add the cost of seed, shell grit and about $10 to knock up a DIY house out of an old cupboard, we pay WAY less than $1 per dozen. We live in the suburbs with a small yard and it has been more than adequate. If you are truly concerned about the welfare of chickens… go out and get a pair. We set up a nesting box next to the back door. I collect the eggs in the morning, chop up some fresh herbs growing next to it and gorge on my BARGAIN breakfast. Give it a try.
@DrDollar:
We already put our bad eggs in confined spaces. Maybe we could give them a pet chicken each as a roomie.