On Thanksgiving week, a renewed push in Md. to require the sale of cage-free eggs

On Thanksgiving week, a renewed push in Md. to require the sale of cage-free eggs

Free-range chickens enjoy foraging at a farm in Potomac Monday while chicken dolls are crammed into a cage as advocates call for a law mandating the sale of cage-free eggs in Maryland. (Maryland Matters/Josh Kurtz) Free-range chickens enjoy foraging at a farm in Potomac Monday while chicken dolls are crammed into a cage as advocates call for a law mandating the sale of cage-free eggs in Maryland. (Maryland Matters/Josh Kurtz) Half a dozen fre…

On Thanksgiving week, a renewed push in Md. to require the sale of cage-free eggs

Half a dozen free-range chickens were scratching on a narrow patch of grass at a farm in Potomac Monday afternoon, looking for insects, seeds and other things to eat. The chickens, with names like Sophia Loren and Marilyn Monroe, seemed happily oblivious to the four cloth chicken dolls stuffed into a cage on the grass before them. But for the humans gathered at Rosie’s Farm Sanctuary, the visual made for a stark tableau. Several animal rights ac…