According to the USDA, cage-free eggs are eggs from chickens that have access to fresh food and water and have "freedom to roam" during the laying cycle. But that doesn't mean conditions are ideal.

But here’s the truth: Colorado’s crackdown on how chickens lay eggs ... forcing this change. “Cage-free facilities” may sound nice. Birds get to “freely roam” with “unlimited access ...

Nowhere is that more evident than the grocery store.” Cage-free does not mean the chickens are free to roam around, but that they have more designated floor space — a square foot-and-a-half ...

Free-range chickens are allowed to roam where they please. As the law in Michigan requires, hens that are laying eggs may not be confined to cages that include: ...

Last week, the full extent of Colorado’s cage-free egg law went into effect, requiring that all eggs sold in the state come from free-roaming hens. However, egg shortages and rising prices are ...

Democrats in the state Legislature are renewing a push to mandate that all eggs sold in New York are from free-range ...

Lana Theis on Thursday introduced legislation to repeal Michigan’s cage-free egg mandates — a move aimed at reducing burdens ...