Cal Eggs - Petaluma, California

Meg M.

This place calls itself "free-range" and presents advertisement that paints a beautiful picture of happy chickens. The truth, however, is quite different. I have walked on to this farm and seen with my own eyes the conditions. A small amount of chickens are allowed to live in barns without cages, but they are crammed into a single room with no lights, and the only access they have to outside (what allows them to be called "free-range") is a short gap between the bottom of the barn walls and a small outdoor run. The chickens are so sick, battered, and afraid that they don't even know how to go outside. Yet they are still the lucky ones, because in the back is many huge warehouses, each filled far beyond capacity with layer hens. These hens have ZERO access to the outdoors, they are trapped in warehouses with no sunlight, no space, and no fresh air because only one fan was on. The hens are forced to defecate where they are, and subsequently to live in this layer of filth. Hens get stuck in the muck and either starve or are trampled to death. The conditions are so awful that many hens have a hard time accessing food and water and will resort to cannibalizing each other. If you believe that eating eggs, even "free-range" and "organic" ones, is necessary or even just your "personal choice," know that you are supporting animal cruelty. GO VEGAN!

James J.

Excellent source for quality eggs. The animal activists can eat kale and take their supplements

Dana T.

I was there. I’ve seen the conditions. Can anyone tell me what’s humane about cramming thousands of chickens into a filthy barn with no fresh air and no light? Birds who are cannibalized or trampled to death by other birds are simply left to rot. The smell is putrid. I understand that this is a business and the livelihood of many people, but at what cost?

It might seem like the farmers are being directly attacked, and for that I am sorry. No hate for farmers, employees nor even the consumer. Only hate for the exploitative systems we all find ourselves caught up in.

Little W.

Just saw chickens being transported on the freeway from this farm. They were stuffed into tiny wire cages-with multiple birds per cage and panicked birds getting bumped around and into each other in the open trailer of a semi. There has to be a more humane way of transporting these birds. Not purchasing eggs from here ever

Tiana C.

If I could I'd give 0 stars. This place is a place of violence and death. Anyone who walks into the farm knows that. You're hit with the smell of feces, urine and death. There were 3 dead chickens just laying outside of the barns, one with their head amputated by what looked like the chicken wire. We rescued nearly 40 birds from this place of death, and every single one of then was sick and one even ended up dying shortly after rescue. Dont fool yourself thinking theres such a thing as humane concentration camps and slaughter. Animals bodies are not ours to exploit and use like they're nothing. Please choose a kinder world and please take meat, dairy and eggs off your plate, they only come with death, torture, mutilation and violence.

Manuel G.

I went to the facility. There were dead birds on the floor outside, sick, mutilated, and dying birds everywhere. Their facility did not offer any form of humane living standards. They were breaking the law based on animal welfare laws. Cage free was them in giant sheds packed un there. It was truly sickening to see.

Amy B.

If I could give zero or less I would. Horrific place, sick birds, terrible conditions, nothing fresh about sick, diseased chickens suffering. Please watch dxe mass open rescue that shows footage inside & hens removed that had been cannibalized from starvation & mental anguish. I have nothing to gain, they are a multi million dollar industry who thrives off suffering of animals. Positive reviews on here are from employees & those who money money off the chickens backs. The truth is, it’s filthy, disgusting & the birds are suffering.

JOHN K.

They smelled bad then they went into the water due to the some chemical rinse used to decontaminate them. I wouldn't normally buy these cheap eggs - having always bought pasture raised eggs, but with the problem of getting eggs during the pandemic, I grabbed four
flats of two dozen each ( white ). When they hit the water the
room smelled bad. You can't wash them to get rid of the smell because any bacteria will enter the egg through the tiny pores in the shell. Thin shells is a give away as to the care of the care of the chickens. They tasted okay, and didn't smell once out of their shells. It is the chemicals used to rinse the eggs.