The difference between battery and free range eggs

Battery chickens are egg layers in a confined cage, they do not have any room to move and barely able to live a life that they can enjoy. There are usually four chickens per coop, but the number varies on the cage capacity. The chickens live in these cages and are never cleaned out and basically live in their own excrement. Battery chickens have a very poor life, they lose feathers and are not looked after. Most eggs that are available in the supermarkets today are produced by battery hens, unless the packaging says otherwise.

However, free range eggs are eggs produced by hens that are allowed to roam freely within a farm yard, a shed, or a chicken coop. They are led a different life to the battery chickens, the battery hens are treated unfairly but the free range hens live a life of luxury compared to the battery hens. Most free range eggs are allowed in and out of their coops/sheds, but they lay the eggs inside the coops. Free range eggs are regularly cleaned and cared for unlike battery hens. Some free range hens are not actually free, they are crammed into a muddy shed.