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Brand Name WAG Eggs
Rating (5)    
Company WAG Eggs
Location Champoeg, OR
Market Area Portland, OR
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WAG Eggs

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We have several 8'x14', always-moving mobile coops in which our layers sleep on roosts and lay their eggs in nests, but otherwise they spend their days outside year round on fresh wide-open pasture, gaining approximately a third of their annual nutritional intake from the land and grains that we grow on the farm to supplement the layer-ration they eat. They are protected by a great pyrenees dog that has bonded with them and, if the several roosters in the flock are fulfilling one of their many roles, the eggs are fertile. The birds are happy, have so much space that they feel no need to be aggressive with each other and are allowed to live out their days with the flock without being culled.


Criteria Points Comments
Organic Certifying Agent 85 Oregon Tilth
Ownership Structure 100 Family Farm
Egg Supply 100 Single Family Farm
Disclosure 100 Full and Open
Commitment to Organics 100 Organic
Single or Double Henhouses 100 Single
Outdoor Space 100 2100 sq. ft./bird
Exit to the Outside 100 birds are kept on rotated pasture; one door per 90 hens
Outdoor Space Exemptions 100 year round access
Outdoor Opportunity for all Birds 100 yes
Outdoor Rotation 100 rotated twice a week
Outdoor Vegetation 100 rotated pasture
Indoor Space 100 2 sq. ft. per bird
Indoor Enrichment 100 perches
Natural Light 100 birds have access to natural light outdoors
Pasture Shared with Other Animals 100 dairy cow, sheep
Manure Handling System 100 manure fertilizes pasture
Feed - Any Produced on farm 80 some feed is produced on farm (oats); hens acquire some nutrition from pasture
Replacement Stock 100 raise own pullets
Laying Hen Lifespan 100 not taken out of production
Beak Trimming 100 no beak trimming
Farm Support 100 Farmer-owners live/work on site
TOTAL (possible score is 2200) 2165 FIVE EGGS (Exemplary)