I agree but I've heard there's lawyer bullshit in labeling. "Free range" means they've got a particular sized area outside the barn except in practice the chickens are too stupid to go out there so they spend as much time inside as non-free range birds. No feed stipulations either.
Kinda like how legally you can call something 'organic' by meeting regulations but it can still be monocroped potentially GMO crap seeded just long enough after the glyphosate.
Maybe I'm full of shit. I never dug in to it. I buy the free range but always suspect I'm funding shysters.
We have debunked "free range" earlier in the thread. They can have a 1x1 area.
Pasture raised is best, because they eat a natural, varied diet - plants, mice, bugs, etc.....
Feels like it does make a difference with yolk color and taste, to an extent.