I would guess so. There are still some potential welfare concerns: harms from producing eggs almost daily, slaughter, chick culling, maybe beak trimming, maybe keel bone fractures, predators. I haven’t really looked into this, though.
I also don’t know how often they need to be on pasture to qualify as “pasture raised”.
Also spent hens are almost always sold to be slaughtered, where many are probably exposed to torture-level suffering. I remember looking into this a while back and only found one pasture farm where spent hens were not sold for slaughter. You can find details for many farms here: https://www.cornucopia.org/scorecard/eggs/
Do you know if the eggs they sell as “pasture raised” are any better?
I would guess so. There are still some potential welfare concerns: harms from producing eggs almost daily, slaughter, chick culling, maybe beak trimming, maybe keel bone fractures, predators. I haven’t really looked into this, though.
I also don’t know how often they need to be on pasture to qualify as “pasture raised”.
Also spent hens are almost always sold to be slaughtered, where many are probably exposed to torture-level suffering. I remember looking into this a while back and only found one pasture farm where spent hens were not sold for slaughter. You can find details for many farms here: https://www.cornucopia.org/scorecard/eggs/