Do you put any stock into the type of eggs you buy?

Omega 3 enriched (flax fed) eggs actually do have bioavailable Omega 3 (unlike eating flax yourself) but I megadose on fish oil anyway so I don't bother.

I do find true yard eggs my in laws give us to have much more bright yellow yolks and definitely taste better than most store bought.

I get the organic "cage-free" (ambiguous term) 18 pack at Costco. Sort of in between fancy and regular, and pretty cheap.

There are a couple of expensive assed brands that I'll grab if Sprouts has a BOGO sale, and they are really good. I can't remember the brands. One gives you a picture of the chicken who laid your eggs. One has Happy in the name.

I eat a lot of eggs so I have to balance quality and price. I know none of this actually answers your question. Lol. I really don't know what the ultimate impact of pastures and cages and organic are.

I also am willing to pay a little extra for humanely treated chickens. Just not a whole lot extra. Haha

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I've seen some at the store that over 6 a dozen and I think that's a bit much

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The most expensive version of those designer eggs w chicken pic is like $10/dozen. Seems very scammy. There's no way those eggs are that special.

I have no doubt the cheapest eggs are from chickens that are not allowed to move and that eat the shittiest food. But yeah it seems like you can get away from that for well under $5/doz.

I think the costco 18 pack is like $5. They also have a four dozen pack that I think works out to a couple bucks a dozen. They claim cage free but not organic.

Eta: I'm fuzzy on the Costco prices/quantity so looked it up. This was from Oct 2018 and may vary store to store:

Brown Eggs Grade A Large:
Cost:$3.99
Size: 18 ct.
Unit Price: $2.660/doz.


Kirkland Signature Organic Grade AA Brown Eggs:
Cost: $6.79
Size: 24 ct.
Unit Price: $3.495/doz.

Large Grade AA Eggs:
Cost: $8.39
Size: 5 dozen
Unit Price: $1.518/doz.

I’ve tried lots of brands in stores and notice very little difference. As another poster said, eggs from yard birds have noticeably richer looking and tasting yolks. I usually get some from family or at farmers markets for less than the expensive store brands.

You can typically find eggs at a farmer's market or someone selling in your neighborhood for far cheaper than organic eggs in the store

And they are probably what you imagine "free range" is, not the store bought "free range"

well hens probably haven't been producing during the winter

you should start seeing eggs again soon

I think it's more about the market...but I'll check every couple weeks.

The farmer's market here sucks. It's just people peddling salsa and one a-hole with some produce. Beyond that it's a flea market.

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I have 10 chickens... get the perfect egg daily

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That's awesome. I want some but my dogs would eat them.the chickens that is. Unless I could teach them that leaving the chickens alone means eggs, which they love.

Find local brown eggs

I buy the cheapest ones at the grocery store. It's like 3 bucks for 2&1/2 dozen. Comes in a big arse crate. Probably from some ghetto chickens

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I buy the cheapest ones at the grocery store. It's like 3 bucks for 2&1/2 dozen. Comes in a big arse crate. Probably from some ghetto chickens

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What prompted this is I was looking at the HEB website and they had a crate of 60 eggs for $6.47 which is obviously insanely cheap. But then I started questioning if there might be something about the quality (health wise)