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[Nickbat]

I tend to buy free range eggs, as I think they taste better and it is clearly better for hens to roam freely. However, what I didn't know is that, from next January, the EU's Laying Hens Directive will mean that 100m hens will have to go, and also that the egg market will then suffer a shortfall of 83m eggs per day. Since I can see no reason to expect that demand to fall, will countries be forced to import eggs from outside the EU (and probably battery farmed)?

I think it would be much better to have a gradual move from battery to free range, rather than hitting the market in this way. Of course, the price of eggs will rocket and, as well as being a foodstuff in their own right, eggs play a major part in UK food production - so price increases will be far more widespread.

I'm not sure that they've thought this through carefully. Actually, being the EU, I'm sure they haven't. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

There was a thing on Countryfile about this sometime ago....

Many British farmers have been spending thousands upgrading their sheds and facilities to comply with the new EU regulations and many are leaving the industry unable or unwilling to spend the money to comply......

I wonder what egg farmers in other parts of Europe make of it all, turn a blind eye and it's business as usual I suspect!! 

[millwall]

[Nickbat]

..and there was me hoping for a sensible discussion.

Ho, hum, such is life... 

[Vamps]

Little Miss Vamps school sell eggs, they have their own hens and the eggs are only 50p for half a dozen, there is a waiting list....

We live in a quite rural location and there are lots of sources of local free range eggs at a fair price, though dearer than the supermarket battery eggs..

[Nickbat]

Little Miss Vamps school sell eggs, they have their own hens and the eggs are only 50p for half a dozen, there is a waiting list....

We live in a quite rural location and there are lots of sources of local free range eggs at a fair price, though dearer than the supermarket battery eggs..

Therein lies the problem. A potential shortfall of 83m eggs/day is rather serious, IMHO.

[Martin_1962]

£1 for 6 for free range near us

[millwall]

..and there was me hoping for a sensible discussion.

Ho, hum, such is life... 

nick no  disrespect it is only a pic  and too be honest if all youve got on your mind is a shortfall on eggs the sorry you need to get out more   as i say dont take my comment the wrong way

[Vamps]

Little Miss Vamps school sell eggs, they have their own hens and the eggs are only 50p for half a dozen, there is a waiting list....

We live in a quite rural location and there are lots of sources of local free range eggs at a fair price, though dearer than the supermarket battery eggs..

Therein lies the problem. A potential shortfall of 83m eggs/day is rather serious, IMHO.

Not really, this is a small primary school selling free range eggs dirt cheap, of course there is a waiting list, but not egg shortage, jut pop to the local shop or farm for free range eggs...   I have a friend who lives near a battery farm, he gets trays of eggs for nothing such is the surplus of battery eggs, there is a move away from them....

[millwall]

Little Miss Vamps school sell eggs, they have their own hens and the eggs are only 50p for half a dozen, there is a waiting list....

We live in a quite rural location and there are lots of sources of local free range eggs at a fair price, though dearer than the supermarket battery eggs..

Therein lies the problem. A potential shortfall of 83m eggs/day is rather serious, IMHO.

you are joking surely how is it rather serious?

[mrgreen]

Little Miss Vamps school sell eggs, they have their own hens and the eggs are only 50p for half a dozen, there is a waiting list....

We live in a quite rural location and there are lots of sources of local free range eggs at a fair price, though dearer than the supermarket battery eggs..

Therein lies the problem. A potential shortfall of 83m eggs/day is rather serious, IMHO.

you are joking surely how is it rather serious?

well i think it's serious at a time when fuel is going through the roof they're taking awy 83m eggs from the market which will lead to shrtages a rise in cost if these eggs need to be imported by road and when you eat have a think about how many things have eggs in them at the restaurant i work in we use approx 1000 eggs per week and we're not a greasy spoon!! so along with fuel going up alot of food prices will go up as well..... but if you don'T think that's serious

[Vamps]

Little Miss Vamps school sell eggs, they have their own hens and the eggs are only 50p for half a dozen, there is a waiting list....

We live in a quite rural location and there are lots of sources of local free range eggs at a fair price, though dearer than the supermarket battery eggs..

Therein lies the problem. A potential shortfall of 83m eggs/day is rather serious, IMHO.

you are joking surely how is it rather serious?

If that were to be true think of the increased cost of my omelet... and eggs are part of a staple diet and are in many food products which would increas in price...

[mrgreen]

 

[Nickbat]

..and there was me hoping for a sensible discussion.

Ho, hum, such is life... 

nick no  disrespect it is only a pic  and too be honest if all youve got on your mind is a shortfall on eggs the sorry you need to get out more   as i say dont take my comment the wrong way

I don't take the comment the wrong way, Millwall, and I'm always up for a laugh. The problem that I have with the forum sometimes is that a discussion is side-tracked into general banter and the original topic gets overlooked. No offence taken, mate. Maybe I was bit too touchy; I'm a bit worn-out tonight.     

[Nickbat]

Little Miss Vamps school sell eggs, they have their own hens and the eggs are only 50p for half a dozen, there is a waiting list....

We live in a quite rural location and there are lots of sources of local free range eggs at a fair price, though dearer than the supermarket battery eggs..

Therein lies the problem. A potential shortfall of 83m eggs/day is rather serious, IMHO.

you are joking surely how is it rather serious?

Take a look at the ingredients of many of the groceries you buy and you'd be surprised at just how many contain eggs. 83m/day is a lot of eggs andthey would have to come from somewhere.