vegan,eggs,animal cruelty?!

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You are finding it hard for nothing because there are no harmful hormones in meat, dairy or eggs, questionable truth behind the supposed cruelty and the mostly false health issues because touted by vegetarian and vegans.

You are living a life based of lies and half truths pushed forth by people and groups with hidden agendas.

organic simply means the chickens were fed food that was organically grown.
the chickens could still have been caged.
Check out organic free range eggs. Those come from chickens fed organic feed and are allowed to run free.
Keep in mind though, that in the winter months, depending on where you live, free range means they run around, INSIDE, in a chicken house or coop. IF they were allowed outdoors, they would freeze to death.
Also keep in mind that no chicken is given hormones and hasn't been since the late 1950's. ITs illegal. they are fed antibiotics though, but not hormones.

Find a farmer who you can talk to. Look for a raw milk distribution center where the animals are treated well. There is an online database of them and they are all very good at keeping animals healthy and happy as well as you.

Hens fed a 100 percent organic diet containing no hormones or animal by-products produce USDA organic eggs. That doesn't mean that they weren't kept in cages without room; that doesn't mean that they were allowed outside to see the sun shine; that doesn't mean their beaks weren't hacked off.

"Cage-free" is the same type of thing. It only means that they may live in cramped quarters in a barn/warehouse without the cage. I've seen some "cage-free" hens and it sometimes is so crowded that one human can't really walk in the barn. Dead birds could be lying around, the ammonia smell can over-power someone.

In addition, both those terms do not mean that the hens stay alive til they die naturally. This is a business and hens will be killed once their eggs production wanes, about 2 years old... when they would normally live for 8 to 10 years.

If you want to read up on "free range," check out wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-range_… The USDA does not have standards for "free range" eggs and allows egg producers to label their eggs however they want.

If you really want eggs, I would try and find someone that keeps chickens and ask them how they treat their hens - do they kill them once their egg production slows? Where do they live? How many do they keep? Do they go outside everyday? What do they eat? Etc.

Good luck!