tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477806970940246652.post8681208400739925775..comments2023-11-03T06:16:08.477-04:00Comments on The Reluctant (Semi-)Vegan: The Chicken and the EggAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742511177719890698noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477806970940246652.post-50148389173049099902007-07-16T17:11:00.000-04:002007-07-16T17:11:00.000-04:00Thanks for the discussion, everyone. I know that s...Thanks for the discussion, everyone. I know that some vegans believe that we humans shouldn't use animal products at all, no matter what their provenance. As I've explained, I don't fall into that category.<BR/><BR/>Theresa, I can definitely understand how you find eggs gross now. I wouldn't eat meat even if it came from a happy, free animal that died of natural causes.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742511177719890698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477806970940246652.post-67840392166768232572007-07-14T00:33:00.000-04:002007-07-14T00:33:00.000-04:00After two years as a vegan, I wouldn't buy eggs in...After two years as a vegan, I wouldn't buy eggs in those circumstances. Mainly because they gross me out now that I haven't eaten them in ages.<BR/><BR/>But, this issue is one that Andy and I are constantly discussing. His hypothetical is more like 'if we had chickens and you knew they weren't exploited, but they just so happened to lay eggs, would you pick them up and eat them?' And I really don't know. I do know that my first priority would be to return some of the eggs to the chickens as food, because that is good for them and what they would do if left to their own devices. But if they were producing more than they could eat... I still don't think I could do it. Eggs just squick me out too much.Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08526136978255752695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477806970940246652.post-50540048660020492512007-07-12T02:52:00.000-04:002007-07-12T02:52:00.000-04:00I see a difference. My husband has a friend who ha...I see a difference. My husband has a friend who has a property on bushland. He has many many chickens and a barn for them to lay in. They come in to lay if they want to and he only takes the eggs they leave in there. They're free to go bush, wherever they want and they eventually die of old age. To me this is how they should be living so if he gives us eggs, then eggs I will eat.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01418079315150652057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477806970940246652.post-71004717350998928292007-07-11T14:11:00.000-04:002007-07-11T14:11:00.000-04:00I'm not saying I agree or disagree with this, but ...I'm not saying I agree or disagree with this, but here's peta's reasoning against eggs. Alot of the argument seems to be based on factory farming practices.<BR/>hs<BR/><BR/>http://www.goveg.com/whatsWrong.asp<BR/><BR/>http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming_chickens_egg.aspAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477806970940246652.post-59433945853932510132007-07-11T10:11:00.000-04:002007-07-11T10:11:00.000-04:00Apart from health reasons, don't most vegans oppos...Apart from health reasons, don't most vegans oppose egg consumption because of the poor treatment that chickens endure in order to produce the eggs? If you're purchasing eggs from a local famer and can ensure that the chickens aren't being abused, I don't see a problem with buying the eggs. After all, chickens lay eggs whether people collect and eat them or not. It seems like a waste not to do something with the eggs...but that's just me.Monika Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08323280644122921851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477806970940246652.post-67774031443084590642007-07-10T11:08:00.000-04:002007-07-10T11:08:00.000-04:00I don't always manage to do it, but I've often bou...I don't always manage to do it, but I've often bought free-range eggs at a farmer's market in Goochland. There's a big difference — I know the farm where the eggs come from, and the farmers are much kinder to their chickens and cows than any corporate farm, but it's also self-sustainable. I think it's good to support businesses like this, because there are always going to be grocery-store eggs (whose provenance is doubtful), but if we don't seek out the free-range, locally produced eggs, they could disappear.Katyolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246817272485162829noreply@blogger.com