I was just wondering if anybody has reasons as to why we shouldn't eat eggs altogether, minus all the awful things they do to battery hens.
While I'm trying to take a step toward being 'vegan', I can't see why I should stop eating the eggs I go out and collect from my back paddock every morning.
Mum & I have rescued 50 odd chickens over the last few years from battery farms, with 20 odd at the moment. Rehabilitating them and giving them a truly free life, my chickens do not suffer, which makes me pose the question of whether or not I can still eat them?
I tend to tell people that I believe I'll always, but only, eat the eggs that have come from my back yard because i KNOW they're free-range in the true sense of the word. Do I want to become 'vegan' or should I drop the label and become 'cruelty-free' instead?
You should consider giving them to people who would normally buy eggs. That way you can be vegan, and people who want to eat eggs can do so without supporting cruel industries.
I see very little reason why you couldn't eat those eggs.
I am very content as a vegan. And tbh, I find the idea of eating eggs a little gross. So personally, if I had chooks, I would remain vegan and offer those eggs to friends/neighbours who might otherwise buy eggs from the store (esp. to people who might still buy cage eggs).
I've discussed this idea with quite a few people and one friend suggested that chickens actually eat their own unfertilised eggs for the nutrients and that if they don't have the opportunity to do this then they may not get all the nutrients (I think calcium in particular was an issue) to be healthy. But I don't know enough about this to be sure of the accuracy of this or to know if this is less of an issue for chickens fed a decent diet. I'm also aware that some chickens don't eat their own unfertilised eggs and I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case with many battery hens.
I say eat away! It's natural for them to lay the eggs, theyd go to waste otherwise. And just give them to neighbours/ or anyone really. The more eggs you give away, the less eggs other people will have to buy And if theyre anything like my mum, it's cage eggs all the way -_-
We do infact give neighbours majority of the eggs - we'd be inundated with them if we didn't. It's a good feeling knowing that my streets partakes in friendly egg consumption
Jesse said:
And tbh, find the idea of eating eggs a little gross.
Why is it that you find the idea gross? Just out of curiousity! Is it a moral thing or more of a taste thing? Only asking as I know a woman who truly believes chickens eggs hold the energy of an animal and that it effects us through karma.
I've discussed this idea with quite a few people and one friend suggested that chickens actually eat their own unfertilised eggs for the nutrients and that if they don't have the opportunity to do this then they may not get all the nutrients (I think calcium in particular was an issue) to be healthy.
In my experience with backyard chickens they will only very rarely eat their own egg.
I believe that chicken laying pellets are specially formulated to provide chickens with the nutrients which they lose from laying eggs (including calcium). So as long as people are feeding their hens a balanced diet of pellets, grass, fruit and veg - then they should be fine
We do infact give neighbours majority of the eggs - we'd be inundated with them if we didn't. It's a good feeling knowing that my streets partakes in friendly egg consumption
Jesse said:
And tbh, find the idea of eating eggs a little gross.
Why is it that you find the idea gross? Just out of curiousity! Is it a moral thing or more of a taste thing? Only asking as I know a woman who truly believes chickens eggs hold the energy of an animal and that it effects us through karma.
I don't really find eating chicken eggs gross. I figure, if other animal eat something, than that means its natural for humans to eat it too. For instance, animals don't drink cows milk, unless they are the same species (apart from dogs rescuing baby kittens ) so its unnatural to drink other animal's milk. Other animals eat other birds eggs, that means its ok to as well, but we are more, well, nicer, cause we know when a hen actually has babies in there or not. Its natural for us to eat meat, but why would one eat meat when you can live happily enough without it?
We do infact give neighbours majority of the eggs - we'd be inundated with them if we didn't. It's a good feeling knowing that my streets partakes in friendly egg consumption
Jesse said:
And tbh, find the idea of eating eggs a little gross.
Why is it that you find the idea gross? Just out of curiousity! Is it a moral thing or more of a taste thing? Only asking as I know a woman who truly believes chickens eggs hold the energy of an animal and that it effects us through karma.
Eggs are part of the chicken's menstrual cycle. So, the unfertilised egg is the chicken's period. Eating that is kind of gross. :/
And if theyre anything like my mum, it's cage eggs all the way -_- 
