The start of winter always reminds us of the major difficulty faced by free range egg farmers. The only way to keep up constant egg production is to have hens locked in climate controlled sheds with full lighting. Genuine free range farming of hens makes it difficult to maintain egg supplies for regular customers and impossible to have spare eggs for occasional buyers who suddenly decide they want to try real free range eggs laid on farms where hens are always free to roam on pasture and only go into sheds to lay their eggs in nest boxes and for protection from predators at night when it's dark..
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