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The USDA doesn\u2019t currently have guidelines for pasture-raised production. Generally, pasture-raised eggs are laid by hens who can roam and forage on a maintained pasture during the day and who shelter indoors at night and during inclement weather. Shelter can be either a stationary coop or barn, or a mobile shelter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Pasture-raised hens tend to have the most space of any housing environment, though they\u2019re more susceptible to predators, like foxes, weasels, and hawks. Pasture-raised hens are typically fed a diet of chicken feed\u2014often organic\u2014but they can have a more diverse diet supplemented by foraging for bugs and plants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Pasture-raised eggs tend to cost more because this housing environment is more labor intensive and requires more land, with a lower volume of eggs produced per flock and a significant loss of birds due to predators.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Though the USDA doesn\u2019t have guidelines for pasture-raised production, Certified Humane\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0\u201cPasture Raised\u201d specifies 108 sq. ft. per bird.31<\/sup>\u00a0The hens must be outdoors year-round, with mobile or fixed housing where the hens can go inside at night, or for up to two weeks out of the year due only to very inclement weather.<\/p>\n <\/dd>\n\n <\/dl><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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