Why vegan?!
So I am wondering, what do you think is wrong with eating their eggs? The hens are treated wonderfully. It seems wrong to just throw them out. After all, they went through all the work laying them, why not?
Answers: I was wondering, why do some people think it is wrong to eat ANYTHING from an animal? I mean, I am absolutly not trying to criticize anyone about their beliefs. I myself am a vegetarian. I understand why it is not right to buy eggs at a supermarket, because those chickens are abused and not treated right... Do you think it is okay to eat eggs from chickens that are treated right? I have 3 beautiful hens that I rescued that were on their way to an egg production "factory", and they are the most spoiled little chickens I have ever seen now. (Their names are Rosy, Ruby, and Alice). Would you think it is wrong to eat their eggs? It seems like a waste to not eat them. Even if I do throw them out (which I do sometimes when we have too many) the chickens all rush to eat them.
So I am wondering, what do you think is wrong with eating their eggs? The hens are treated wonderfully. It seems wrong to just throw them out. After all, they went through all the work laying them, why not?
Not only do I encourage you to eat the eggs, but good grief don't throw the extras away! Don't you have any friends/family that would love to have fresh free eggs? Sorry--I didn't think about the possibility of your neighbors having their own supply--and I didn't mean to come across as rude. In this case it does make more sense to let the chickens eat the eggs. They are reabsorbing the nutrients that they put into the eggs in the first place.
As for "WHY VEGAN?" Not all of us are fortunate enough to live near a cruelty-free producer of dairy/eggs and so are willing to give up these things to reduce our impact.
I personally have access to eggs--raised by a family friend I trust, so definitely eat eggs--guilt-free. No such luck in the dairy department, so indulge my milk cravings with a modicum of guilt.
And yes--if I could get milk from a family farm I definitely would do it--and happily so. I LOVE milk, but don't like the idea of supporting the factory-farm industry. If an animal is treated right--I see no need in letting these things go to waste.
I would think that it would be ok, I see no harm in that as long as they were not fertilized and developing into baby chicks. I think that it would be fine.
You definitely need to eat those eggs
Sure, that sounds OK... are you also questioning why people don't eat things made from milk - or just eggs? Just that your question is "why vegan", and being vegan involves more than not eating eggs (vegans also don't drink milk, or milk-based products).
EDIT - The thing with milk is, it requires cows to be made pregnant. This in turn leads to the birth of calves - the male ones have no use, as one bull is used to inseminate many cows.
Since they are of no use, they are killed - it isn't efficient for farmers to take care of them all, when they provide no income.
So milk consumption leads to the killing of animals. And this obviously extends to things made from milk - cheese, cream etc.
Fresh eggs from happy hens are wonderful to eat.
If ya like 'em eat 'em, if ya don't don't.
I use to be vegetarian and I am not knocking it, but these are the questions I asked myself before becoming a VEGAN
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CHICKENS AFTER THEIR EGG LAYING DAYS?
WHY DO SO MANY MALE CHICKS HAVE TO BE KILLED?
WHY ARE CHICKENS DEBECKED?
WHY ARE MALE CALVES SEPERATED FORM THEIR MOMMY ONLY HOURS AFTER BIRTH?
WHAT HAPPENS TO MILK GIVING COWS AFTER THEY CAN NOT GIVE MILK?
- My research found that the dairy (eggs included) support the meat industry just as much.
You can do what works best for you. and thats okay. - if are questioning things, you should do some research. if you need research results and facts, you can email me, thats your choice.
good luck!
Some of us are vegan for not only ethical but health reasons. I don't eat eggs because they're full of cholesterol and I don't want that in my diet. Also, I'm not really fond of eggs.
I don't eat dairy for the same reason - cholesterol. It was somewhat hard to give up cheese, but I never really liked drinking milk.
I recently turned vegan, and had similar questions for a while.
I think if the hens are rescued living happily in a great environment, if you could grantee the eggs weren't fertilized, and the hens died of old age rather than end up on a dinner plate then maybe its OK to eat their eggs.
Personally i still wouldn't drink milk because its technically taking away from the calf's nutrient source. the milk is for the calf not us. But if you must have milk try and make it free range or soy.
If you know the farmer that you are buying your free range milk and/or eggs from and you feel OK with it then that's fine.
its your call at the end of the day...
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I agree with Karen. "free range" may be slightly better, but I still dont have much faith in the label that's why I choose not to consume any thing from animals.
I often wonder who was the first person to say "I dare you to eat the next thing that comes out of that chicken's butt."
I'm vegan and I don't see anything wrong with having rescued chickens and eating their eggs, asuming that the chickens aren't slaughtered when they become less productive. Veganism is simply a means of reducing suffering... there's no point in throwing out the eggs if no suffering is involved. I don't buy free-range eggs because there's no inspection system for companies that label their eggs as "free-range", the "spent" hens are still slaughtered, and the male chicks are still killed after birth. Someday I hope to have rescued chickens, and give the eggs to people who would otherwise buy factory-farmed eggs. Good for you for rescuing those chickens and giving them a better life.
Cow's milk is breast milk for her calf. Instead of nursing, the calf is taken away and put into dairy production if she's a girl and thrown into a veal crate if he's a boy.
A chicken's egg is essentially her period and it's for their own use.
I think every little bit helps, but I personally feel I don't need animal products to thrive, and the farther I can get from animal cruelty and exploitation, the better. If one day I had my own rescued chickens, maybe i'd change my mind. As of now, nope. I'm perfectly content with where I'm at.
I wouldn't eat a chicken's eggs anymore than i would consume my wife's menstruation. She did, after all, go through a lot of unpleasantness to produce it. it's just sitting there. seems like such a waste...
seriously though, it's not yours to eat. a chicken is a sentient being and you have no right to use that chicken as a resource to feed yourself. just because a creature doesn't have the ability to assert it's rights does not mean it does not have them. otherwise, humans with certain mental and physical challenges would have no rights.
the reason the chickens rush to eat the eggs you throw away is because the process of laying that egg depletes the chickens body of nutrients. in nature, if the chicken were unsuccessful at finding a mate, the chicken would eat the egg to reclaim many of the minerals and nutrients it lost by producing it.
on a lighter note, kudos to you for rescuing these birds. whatever decison you come to on the eggs, i highly respect your commitment to taking care of them.