State Senator Pushes For Cage-Free Eggs In New Mexico - 11:56 am
Buffy the chicken pauses while searching for dried mealworms Thursday afternoon outside an adobe coop in the yard of Santa Fe resident Bob Zimmerman. Photo by Gabriela Campos/SFNM
By DANIEL J. CHACÓN
Why did the chicken cross Old Santa Fe Trail?
To lobby at the Roundhouse in support of legislation that would create a better living environment for egg-laying hens.
A bill that prompted a couple of lawmakers to do a double-take and then crack some jokes after it was introduced last week would prohibit large commercial egg producers from selling eggs in New Mexico if they came from caged chickens.