Aren't they great? They taste amazing, are good for you, can be eaten anytime of the day in a multitude of different styles. Ah, bless those caged birds for spurting out the tonnes of eggs for our needs.
So, really, I'm wondering what kind of eggs are you eating (great topic for the Escapist right?). Do you grab the cheap eggs off the shelf, or choose the slightly more expensive free-range eggs?
It would be more expensive to buy free-range eggs then to rather mass-produce the eggs and maybe because it's a minority to have free-range, the price would shoot up by a bit. So why pay more money for the eggs though? I'd imagine that to raise a healthy chicken with freedom to at least move and flap its wings should enough. The production-line battery hens are cruel, and while being cheaper, cost the animals so much more.
They have no room to move their wings, scratch in the dirt, build a next, interact properly. It is cruel to cage a bird for most of its life. The pain would be immense and so uncomfortable. They are born, raised, debeaked so that the chicken won't cause itself harm or any other birds around it, thrown into a battery and are used to lay eggs until they die (which can be caused by the stress; to the point it will starve itself). When their egg supply begins to decline, they are generally slaughtered.
The chicken can also be forced to molt to get a better quality egg. This is brought on by starving the chicken.
So, which option do you choose and why really? Have you thought too much into it, or cared not.
There are a few better options out there such as barn laid (which is nearly as bad as caged seeing as the animals have no room to move either) and free-range. Sadly though, $2 is a lot to some folk, and rather look over the minority.
I can't stand the cruelty towards animals, and the ignorance some people choose to have on a bird. The battery eggs on display at the shop I work at over rule the free-range eggs over 60-70%. Though, last decade there was a lot less support.
So something as simple as an egg can cause more harm then good.
So how do you like yours?
So, really, I'm wondering what kind of eggs are you eating (great topic for the Escapist right?). Do you grab the cheap eggs off the shelf, or choose the slightly more expensive free-range eggs?
It would be more expensive to buy free-range eggs then to rather mass-produce the eggs and maybe because it's a minority to have free-range, the price would shoot up by a bit. So why pay more money for the eggs though? I'd imagine that to raise a healthy chicken with freedom to at least move and flap its wings should enough. The production-line battery hens are cruel, and while being cheaper, cost the animals so much more.
They have no room to move their wings, scratch in the dirt, build a next, interact properly. It is cruel to cage a bird for most of its life. The pain would be immense and so uncomfortable. They are born, raised, debeaked so that the chicken won't cause itself harm or any other birds around it, thrown into a battery and are used to lay eggs until they die (which can be caused by the stress; to the point it will starve itself). When their egg supply begins to decline, they are generally slaughtered.
The chicken can also be forced to molt to get a better quality egg. This is brought on by starving the chicken.
So, which option do you choose and why really? Have you thought too much into it, or cared not.
There are a few better options out there such as barn laid (which is nearly as bad as caged seeing as the animals have no room to move either) and free-range. Sadly though, $2 is a lot to some folk, and rather look over the minority.
I can't stand the cruelty towards animals, and the ignorance some people choose to have on a bird. The battery eggs on display at the shop I work at over rule the free-range eggs over 60-70%. Though, last decade there was a lot less support.
So something as simple as an egg can cause more harm then good.
So how do you like yours?
