World egg 'free' day! Live without egg for just 1 day
pinkraynedropjacki
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The egg industry has declared today ‘World Egg Day’– but we’d like to take this opportunity to put chickens BEFORE the egg by sharing with you something that the egg marketing machine won’t... In an industry where the worth of a hen is measured by how many eggs she can produce – have you ever stopped to wonder what happened to the boys?
The truth might shock you. For every female chicken hatched, there is one male; a tiny chirping bundle of fluff who will never produce an egg. He will never grow fast enough to be profitable for his meat. So he is simply disposed of – like a piece of rubbish.
Every year in Australia, 12 million day-old male chicks are gassed to death, or ground up alive. Tragically this is standard practice across all types of egg farming systems – whether free range, organic or factory farmed.
Today, we’re looking out for the little guys by inviting you to celebrate World Egg ‘Free’ day with us.
The truth might shock you. For every female chicken hatched, there is one male; a tiny chirping bundle of fluff who will never produce an egg. He will never grow fast enough to be profitable for his meat. So he is simply disposed of – like a piece of rubbish.
Every year in Australia, 12 million day-old male chicks are gassed to death, or ground up alive. Tragically this is standard practice across all types of egg farming systems – whether free range, organic or factory farmed.
Today, we’re looking out for the little guys by inviting you to celebrate World Egg ‘Free’ day with us.
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I'm so silly I actually started crying, lol. 0 -
Do you have a reference or source for the information about the 12 mil per day male chicks gassed to death ?. Its very interesting and somewhat difficult to believe.
I can offer my heartfelt assistance to this plight by waiting for those 12 million little fellas to grow up at their natural rate in my backyard, then eat them.
Cute little furry bundles of protein.. mmmm0 -
I have my own freerange happy little chooks i feel sad for all the caged ones. Mine fly into trees, scratch up bugs and sand dust in the sun.0
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I'm so silly I actually started crying, lol.
Yeah I always find stuff like this hard to read out aloud to my son & hubby :sad: even sad dog & cat stories :sad:0 -
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Do you have a reference or source for the information about the 12 mil per day male chicks gassed to death ?. Its very interesting and somewhat difficult to believe.
I can offer my heartfelt assistance to this plight by waiting for those 12 million little fellas to grow up at their natural rate in my backyard, then eat them.
Cute little furry bundles of protein.. mmmm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1326168/Secret-footage-shows-millions-British-chicks-killed-year.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_culling
just do a google for day old chicks gassed & you will find something from all parts of the world0 -
Not having an egg free day, but every time I buy eggs they are only free range.
If I can work at a chicken 'processing' facility and still eat poultry products afterwards... not much is going to put me off!
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I eat like 6 eggs a day0
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Thanks for sharing!:bigsmile: :flowerforyou:0
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I think it's great that your trying to raise awareness and stop issues with the industry but can I politely suggest some more reputable sources?
Daily mail and Wikipedia will make an argument look bad.0 -
I think it's great that your trying to raise awareness and stop issues with the industry but can I politely suggest some more reputable sources?
Daily mail and Wikipedia will make an argument look bad.
I could grab it from anywhere, RSPCA here in Australia, UK, USA..... anywhere in the world. Last time I did something like this I was hounded out for being wrong. I was not wrong then & not now.
Pity that so many just think of the food & not why or how it's wrong to support.0 -
Imnot implying your wrong, just suggesting that you link better sources. Sources with no credibility only weaken an argument0
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BRB making a 12 egg omelette.
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wait for it....
yolks included.
Come at me cholesterol nazis.0 -
Do you have a reference or source for the information about the 12 mil per day male chicks gassed to death ?. Its very interesting and somewhat difficult to believe.
I can offer my heartfelt assistance to this plight by waiting for those 12 million little fellas to grow up at their natural rate in my backyard, then eat them.
Cute little furry bundles of protein.. mmmm
If we did eat them I would feel much better about eating eggs, hell I might even start eating meat once in a while!0 -
BRB making a 12 egg omelette.
......
wait for it....
yolks included.
Come at me cholesterol nazis.
At least you didn't discard the yolks along with all the poor baby boy chicks:flowerforyou:0 -
:flowerforyou:I have my own freerange happy little chooks i feel sad for all the caged ones. Mine fly into trees, scratch up bugs and sand dust in the sun.
I love this:)0 -
Female mantises usually chop off the male's head before he copulates...oh the humanity...0
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BRB making a 12 egg omelette.
wait for it....
yolks included.
Come at me cholesterol nazis.
Hey, eat up sistah! I'm making a 24 egg omelette because I dump out all the yolks. If we made omelettes together, you could have the yolks, I'll take the whites and we'd only use 12 eggs between us instead of 36. Then we could make 3 omelettes instead of 2. My math is solid.0 -
No. I'm cold as ice.0
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There are more chickens in the state of Arkansas than Sheep in Australia and New Zealand combined.
Good joke, OP0 -
You're willing to sacrifice our love...No. I'm cold as ice.0 -
Can I eat egg beaters?0
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Can I eat egg beaters?
Aren't those made with eggs?
Eitherway: steak and eggs for dinner. Yumyum0 -
The egg industry has declared today ‘World Egg Day’– but we’d like to take this opportunity to put chickens BEFORE the egg by sharing with you something that the egg marketing machine won’t... In an industry where the worth of a hen is measured by how many eggs she can produce – have you ever stopped to wonder what happened to the boys?
The truth might shock you. For every female chicken hatched, there is one male; a tiny chirping bundle of fluff who will never produce an egg. He will never grow fast enough to be profitable for his meat. So he is simply disposed of – like a piece of rubbish.
Every year in Australia, 12 million day-old male chicks are gassed to death, or ground up alive. Tragically this is standard practice across all types of egg farming systems – whether free range, organic or factory farmed.
Today, we’re looking out for the little guys by inviting you to celebrate World Egg ‘Free’ day with us.
Who is we? Also, gassing chickens and grinding them alive sound both like inefficient slaughter methods. But good luck with your vendetta.0 -
You're willing to sacrifice our love...No. I'm cold as ice.
:laugh: :smokin:0 -
Can I eat egg beaters?
NO! Those are made from beaten chickens. Come on, don't you read the National Enquirer?0 -
The worst part of walking the coop are the rodents that get into the feed and literally eat themselves to death. they can be quite noisy.0
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I didn't eat any eggs today, but I did buy a dozen.
Yay World Egg Day!0 -
Why don't they just turn them into chicken nuggets?0
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